y Ow Vol. 531 i LZYAWYX ZS oar Chitca Ratha the Glezions Meritage wf QaKarna The Mahabharata is a gallery of heroes and Karna is the most heroic of them. Fate denied him all his dues, But he fought and achieved all that a man could aspire to have, He was a5 much a Pandava prince as any of the other five. But he never knew his lineage, At last when he knew it, he could not but disown it. He was brought up as a commoner and therefore humiliated. Teachers would not teach him. His equals shunned him, He received no honour despite his valour but he never lost heart. Duryodhana, the Kaurava prince, offered him kingship. For this act of kindness, he remained loyal to Duryodhana rill rhe very end. Po eet eet one ier for. Seript: Komala Charidrakant Editor : Avant Pai a aia © Indie Book Howse Limited, 1972. © Reprinted October, 1994. y AD ~ Praia by Anant Pel for lndia Bok House Limited, Poet ly Mothurotas Ves Koad, baarol Naka, ‘Azedleri Uxat}, thwmtcal - 400 059 and printed by bina wt Tritog Art-a-Print, A/57, Let Floor, Phassiup lodustrish Batata, Panmatal Sik Mills Componnd, |B 5. Marg, Bhandup WN, Musmbal - $00 078,BHD MIECE 4 ANE AJA BUNTIBHOSA, OF THE HIUBTRIOUS IDAVA FACE HAL NO CHILDREN. 30 HE CALLED HES? KUMTT« BOOPTED PRITHA