Karna and Indra the winning and losing game

 Karna and Indra the winning and losing game

Dr Swati Joshi

Gujarat 

Karna who is ready to give his armour to Indra, has to face two different situations.

1 If he will not give his armour then he will lose his name as Karna- a giver. (Identity of giver) 

2 If he will give then he will loses his life. 

Here he chooses to give his name was larger than life for him. So he decided to give. 

The question is who will emerge as a winner in the game of asking and giving. If Indra wins he can defame Karna by circulating that he has not fulfilled his words of fulfilling desire of a beggar and if Karna wins he will immortalize himself in the anal of mythology by taking the title of the selfless giver. But in both the cases Indra wins more. If he loses he will defame Karna and if he wins he will be able to save his sons life. In both the cases Karna lost as an insane person. If he gives his armour he will lose his life and if he doesn’t he will lose name and in any case where he was not at win-win situation. 

“Without his earrings Karna is a hero who is “without himself” that is dead or soon to be dead- the earrings being an emblem for his identity or life.”44 

Relevance

In contemporary society also life puts forth challenges in which if we accept we lose, if we deny or refuse we also lose. These challenges occur constantly in present contemporary society where people refuse to move on and take negative or criminal actions as for example, killing, murder, or suicide. Most of the people in contemporary society accept the situation but cannot live in society peacefully and move towards to find out the God and become saints, priests, and nuns. They see themselves as it would be better for them to move away from the society. 

Dr Swati Joshi

Gujarat