Karna and Draupadi - A Forbidden Tale

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A/N : There are some versions of Mahabharata where Draupadi had secret feelings for Karna. Karna too is assumed to desire Draupadi which was traceable in some of his dialogue but otherwise no relationship of them was mentioned in any scripture. This tale is only work of fiction, readers' discern expected.

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                                  It is said that fate always gives two paths to one its upto the person to choose easy or hard one. But options are decisive the otherwise wrong choice could make your journey smooth and seemingly right path could be full of hardship. Panchal princess life could be regarded a great example of this saying. Yagyaseni always wanted to marry a royal prince who would possess wisdom of Dharma, physical strength, divine skill of warfare, god gifted  handsomeness and knowledge on different field. This was impossible to find a single prince with all these traits. The five pandavas were incredibly talented, handsome , learned and above all most valiant warriors of the time. Each of them expertise in a single trait that Panchali desired. Yudhisthir was follower of the path of Dharma whose patience and belief in dharma earned blessings of brahmanas since very early age. Bheem's legendary strength and bravery posed him as the strongest pillar for his people . Arjuna with his archery prowess made poets singing ballads of his valorous charisma since he was only a student. Nakul's good looks did put Gods in shame whereas Sahadev's knowledge and his foresight helped and affected royal decisions. However fate is a cruel player. Apart from the five pandavas there was a person whom gods had gifted all those five traits without making him a master of any of those. That is why he had been overlooked. He was the abandoned elder brother of pandavas or the eldest pandava, son of the Sun God Karna. Had Draupadi recognize him to be the one made for her she could have spend a blissful married life. But that was not meant for daughter of fire. She was destined to burn and let her near and dear ones feeling the heat of hers. Sadly son of Sun possessed the same nature, carrying heat of the Sun he only burned and burned others. They were not destined to be happy together. Yet they came together in course of life. But there Union couldn't be a happy one either. It is a tale of how the forbidden passion between Suryaputra and Agnikanya grows and what consequence they have to face.

  In this tale the characters are not divine, they are human with flesh and blood so they do mistakes and some actions that cant be justified yet they take lessons from them in the journey of life which is called Mahabharata.