Karna is known for loyalty, modesty, kindness, stoicism, steadfast mind, gifting, love, affection and so on. His loyalty to Dluryodhana is unquestionable. After being made the head of Anga Desha by Duryodhana at a very critical juncture, Karna's foster father was hesitating to meet him. But, Karna goes to his foster father and hugs him. When he was approached by Kunti and Lord Krishna and was told to shift to Pandavas' camp, Karna exhibits utmost loyalty to Duryodhana and a very high degree of stoicism. Despite being cautioned by his father Sun, Karna gives away his Kundala. He was known gift away anything to anyone at an point of time, even if such gifting was detrimental to his very existence.
However, Karna's attitude at the time of Rape of Draupadi and the killing of Abhimanyu smack of sheer lack of reasoning, culture or morality. As Duryodhana was very intimate to him, Karna could have asked Duryodhana to abstain from all his evil deeds, ill-motivated acts etc. But, Karna never even opposed Duryodhana. On the contrary, he supported and encouraged Duryodhana in all his mischievous acts and thoughts. What was the reason for this split personality? Read tomorrow for the justification.
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