How and why Karna got his kavach kundal?
Karna’s kavach kundal are well known as he himself is. We know that they came to him from Surya dev. But do you know how Suryadev agreed to give them and where he got them from?
Kunti had a child before she was married to Pandu and that child later came to be known as Karna. She was herself a young maiden when she bore the child. She used a mantra given to her by Durvasa muni, unaware that it would result in pregnancy. But she chanted the mantra with Surya dev in mind and he appeared before the young maiden.
He was bound by the mantra to give her a child. But Kunti was a young, unmarried girl. How could she have a child? Her protests were futile though. Suryadev was firm. Either he would give her a child or he would curse her father Kuntibhoja and the brahmana who had given her the mantra.
She was faced with an impossible choice. Kunti knew that she could neither anger Suryadev nor could she tell the world that she, an unmarried maiden, had borne a son, because her father, the king, would lose respect. She could not keep the baby with her.
But what was the fault of the baby? If she abandoned him, who would safeguard the helpless infant? She had to ensure that the baby would not come to harm even after she sent him away from herself.
And so she laid down a condition to Suryadev. He would have to give the baby protection in the form of the divine kavach- kundal. Suryadev agreed to give the baby-to-be-born divine protection in the form of kavach- kundal that were made of amrita. The kundal belonged to Mata Aditi herself. With these two with him, the baby would be safe and protected, he assured Kunti.
As he had promised, Kunti’s first child was born with the divine kavach- kundal made of amrita that protected him when she floated him down the River Aswa.
The baby was kept safe by the kavach- kundal until he reached the Ganga where Adiratha found and adopted him.
The childless Adiratha and his wife Radha was ecstatic to find a beautiful baby boy. They adopted him and named him Vasusena because of his golden kavach- kundal. He was also called Vrisha.
So where did the name ‘Karna’ come from?
Let’s see in the next post.
Jinsi gani na kwa nini Karna alipata kavach kundal yake? Kavach kundal ya Karna inajulikana sana kama yeye mwenyewe. Tunajua kwamba walikuja kwake kutoka Surya dev. Lakini je, unajua jinsi Suryadev alivyokubali kuwapa na alipewa wapi? Kunti alikuwa na mtoto kabla ya kuolewa na Pandu na mtoto huyo baadaye alijulikana kama Karna. Yeye mwenyewe alikuwa bikira mchanga alipomzaa mtoto. Alitumia mantra iliyopewa na Durvasa muni, bila kujua kwamba ingeongoza kwenye ujauzito. Lakini yeye alitoa mantra na Surya dev akilini na yeye alionekana mbele ya msichana kijana. Alikuwa amefungwa na mantra ya kumpa mtoto. Lakini Kunti alikuwa msichana mchanga, asiyeolewa. Angewezaje kuwa na mtoto? Hata hivyo, maandamano yake hayakuwa na matokeo. Suryadev alikuwa imara. "Akaamua kumpa mtoto au kumlaani baba yake, Kuntibhōja, na yule Brahmana aliyempa mantra hiyo.""" Alikabiliwa na chaguo lisilowezekana. Kunti alijua kwamba hangeweza kumkasirisha Suryadev wala kumwambia ulimwengu kwamba yeye, bikira asiyeolewa, alikuwa amezaa mwana, kwa sababu baba yake, mfalme, angepoteza heshima. Hakuweza kumchukua mtoto huyo. Lakini ni nini kilichokuwa kosa la mtoto huyo? Ikiwa angemwacha, ni nani angeweza kumlinda mtoto huyo asiye na msaada? Alilazimika kuhakikisha kwamba mtoto huyo hangeweza kuumia hata baada ya kumfukuza. Na hivyo yeye kuweka chini ya hali kwa Suryadev. Angehitaji kumlinda mtoto huyo kwa kumpa kavach- kundal ya kimungu. Suryadev alikubali kumpa mtoto ambaye angezaliwa ulinzi wa kimungu katika namna ya kavach- kundal ambazo zilitengenezwa kwa amrita. Kundal hiyo ilikuwa ya Mata Aditi mwenyewe. Akiwa na hao wawili pamoja naye, mtoto angekuwa salama na kulindwa, akamhakikishia Kunti. Kama alivyotoa ahadi, mtoto wa kwanza wa Kunti alizaliwa na kavach- kundal ya kimungu iliyotengenezwa kwa amrita ambayo ilimlinda alipomwangusha kwenye Mto Aswa. Mtoto huyo alihifadhiwa salama na kavach- kundal hadi alipofika Ganga ambapo Adiratha alimpata na kumchukua. Adiratha asiye na watoto na mke wake Radha walifurahi sana kupata mtoto mvulana mrembo. Walimchukua na kumwita Vasusena kwa sababu ya kavach- kundal yake ya dhahabu. Pia aliitwa Vrisha. Basi jina ‘Karna lilitoka wapi? Hebu tuone katika chapisho linalofuata.