KARNA - MAHADEV'S DECIPLE

BEGINING OF DOWNFALL

Indraprastha was degrading day by day doom of Pandavas brother begins from swamvar of daughter of Krishna. Arjun was first but surely not the last. Each Pandavas were getting affected by it some were aware but one is ignorant while other chose to be ignorant either because of shame or for their pride. But it was just start and none were aware of it. Each of their decisions were taking towards their own downfall and with them their family too but their ego was stopping them from thinking about it. Wives of Pandavas of course noticed their behavior change but upon asking they told them everything is fine and well. The children were unaware of everything. But because of everything they have become very spoilt. From the childhood their thoughts mirrored their father and with time it was embedded in them. They were slowly staying from path of Dharma and becoming cruel but who can blame them if their father were role model. Pandavas too becoming insensitive towards their own citizens and were opressing them especially lower citizens or one dare to tell them so. All in all Indraprastha was on decline and anyone with discerning eyes could tell that but it's the consequences of their own actions and none could save them from it.

Arjun never came out of his chamber out of shame and fear that his loss of knowledge would spread throughout causing more damage than it is. He knew Ashwatthama's curse was beginning to take effect but he couldn't do anything because he was sure he was the first one to face it but chose to keep it himself like in childhood he kept trick to fulfill the narrow headed pot by Dronacharya by using divyastra to himself because he knew his brothers especially Jyestha and smallest were intelligent than him so he wanted those knowledge unique to himself. He was very scared if the news reached to others then they would forsake him, he knew he was reason for confidence for his brothers and because of it in several occasions he dared to oppose even his Jyestha or Bharata Bheem but now he is reduced to nothing forget vyuha formation or destruction he even forget his entire knowledge of divyastra and wasn't sure like before he could hit bulls eye on the target. Another reason for his fear was to face Krishna or Balram if they came here on behalf of Subhadra. He would never accept he was wrong but anger if mahabali Balram is not something he was capable of facing especially now. He gave his responsibility as senapati of Indraprastha to his brothers especially to Bheem.

Yudhishthir who was ruling Indraprastha made several laws which could be said against the vedas itself but the psychopaths of upper caste supported him because it benefits them very much. He knew he had become a joke of Samrat in Aryavart. Repeated insults from Karna and his family was enough to push in a deep ravine of loathing the entire lower caste so he became cruel without even realising. One such law was making the hidden law of not divulging sacred knowledge to lower castes. Though it was practised, none of the Kingdom has yet to make that a law but he did. Not only that but severe taxes on lower castes and big donations to brahmin were enforced. His such steps resulted in citizens leaving Indraprastha but he never cared, his family was insulted by lower caste only since he can't take upto them those under him would have to face his wrath on behalf of his family. In his vanity and anger he forgot the sacred duty of a king. For a king his kingdom came before everything, even family but he was doing it exactly but not everything could be blamed on the curse actually most of it was him only. But he still has his pride intact, in fact quite the opposite he was adamant in proving till he was doing Dharma no curse would affect him or his family.

Yudhishthir wasn't only one who were torturing the lower cate but bheem himself took immense pleasure in enforcing laws of his jyeshtha for two reasons one was obvious that like his Jyestha he hates karna and second is he get pleasure in showing his might to anyone and everyone. He likes how everyone cowers at his mere presence. It gives him sense of accomplishment. Bheemsen himself didn't realise that slowly he was losing the strength he was so much proud of, sometimes he would get tired by not very strenuous exercise but chucked it out as mental fatigue because everything happened in these days. But later it progressed as dat by day sparing with soldiers became difficult for him if not for his hard shell from birth mere three soldiers became too hard for him to handle. He was never one to use skills or agility but always focused on his brute strength where he had natural advantage. It has come to a point where mallyudh became difficult for him and he realised it. He, just like Arjun, decided to keep it himself for his feeble pride. He refrained from practicing with soldiers and alone he did all he could but it was no different than when he was just amature in handling weapons. He had similar fear like Arjun and another fear that if other kingdoms became aware of it they would undoubtedly attack Indraprastha as it was that beautiful why should it not be lord Vishwakarma himself made it.

Nakul was the one actually who was feeling the worst few days before he had gone hunting and in his drunk state he actually misbehaved with a rishi who was busy in tapasya and was not neat. He broke his tapasya and called him ugly and unworthy of being in his presence as his ugliness was eyesore for the most beautiful man in the Aryavart, he was then holding a mirror in his one hand to see his beauty and praising it while degrading the Rishi. Rishi was very angry with him as he not only disturb his tapasya but repeatedly insulted him for mere outer appearance he then cursed him that whenever he saw his reflection in anything it would show him his disfigured face. After that mirror or any reflective thing because nightmare to him. First thing he had ordered to do was to remove all mirrors from his room but gold, chandeliers or anything reflective became dreadful to him. It was so difficult for him to do anything, take bath, eat etc. Wherever there is reflective thing he would have to close his eyes because it shows him mutilated himself. It had been a relief that only he was seeing this, not others. But his deed did raise questions but he never told anyone why he did that, not even to his twin Sahdev or his wife. His life was hell from then onwards.

Sahdev the youngest was intelligent enough to realise the effect of Ashwatthama curse when he was unable to recall the question asked by Jyestha in matters of finance but he spoke something but what shocked him was that Jyestha agreed to it. He at least knew he was wrong but his Jyestha almost enforced as if he himself didn't know. For remedies je licked himself in the library but no knowledge he read was something he could hold or remember. In desperation he practiced his axe or any weapons but it did nothing but to confirm his deduction.From then on he closely watched his brothers and results were terrifying because he can see the changes. It became apparent to him that the Dharma of hi jyeshtha, strength of bharta Bheem, constant urge Nakul to look in mirror and his knowledge has disappeared because of one thing only and if he is not wrong bharta arjun would be no different but his Jyeshtha seems unaware and others were hiding it deliberately even he himself.

Indraprastha itself wasn't stable because the balance between four classes of society diversify too much. In other kingdoms it was vaishya or shudra that were majority of population it helps in kingdom running their economy or provide services. Though upper caste to help but they are for education and protection. A kingdom would fall down in lack of any of the class but Pandavas were not believing it and the taxes they got was enough for them to undermine the importance of lower caste but questions is for how long till treasury would be in fumes.