Karna as a giver

 Karna as a giver

Dr Swati Joshi

Gujarat 

 Karna is seen as giver and he creates his image by giving armour to Indra. The reason behind his giving is his willingness to get attention in the society. He wanted his place in the society. Karna needs the attention love, care, respect and position in the family as well as in the society. To prove that he also deserves the fame in the history he sacrifices his Kavach and Kundala. Karna was under the psychological pressure of impressing his identity on the society in general and by giving his (toe to head) his Kavach and Kundala to Indra in particular. Karna was also in the same category where he did not want to think that if he will give his Kavach and Kundala what will be the result. He was just thinking about himself that I want to give these things because I want a place in the history. What will be the result of my giving, what message will be given by me? He never thought about it and took the tag of “Karna- the giver”. Karna must ask question to Angle that why he is in need of my Armour? To give anything to anyone without thinking is not the real meaning of giving or selfless giving. This is our responsibility to ask question why you want this and right to say ‘No”

“The driving force in Personality development is seen by client- centred theorists as the “Self actualization motive” which seeks to optimally develop capacities. As an infant grows the infants “Self Concept” begins to be formed. The development of the self concept is highly dependent on the individual perceptions of his or her experience.”43

Relevance

 In contemporary society we have many people who are using mask on their faces and by using the mask they want to hide their limitations and weakness. These people are in the category of people who will never say single word and they are not on any side. They are not able to decide what is right and wrong. This kind of people is creating poor and weak society. In contemporary society we have many people who are in the same category. They are not able to take their own decision because they feel decision taking activity is a risk and they avoid the risk of taking. But the fact is that these people we have seen make a weak society by just obeying someone. These people are dangerous for themselves as well as for others.

 Another important characteristic of Karna is that he was not able to say ‘No’ to anyone. This shows his mental weakness and he just wanted to be in the category of pleasure (a person who always wanted to make other happy). This is the kind of crossing the boundaries of Sanity. Psychologically if you are not saying no then you are mentally disturbed or stressed and the person’s foundation is shaking somewhere. They just want to make their place as too good to someone. These people just doing this to show off.

Dr Swati Joshi

Gujarat