power of spoken word, association and mentorship-effected Karna?

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Hari aum

 

Below is a piece about Karna. Doesn't it indicates the

unusual power of spoken word, association and

mentorship. The result of the way Krishna spoke to

Arjuna and the way Shalya spoke to Karna was one of

Victory and Defeat.

Shouldn't one be carefull about what we think, speak,

associate and take mentorship from??

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

Karna the Supreme Commander

 

Drona fought for five days and died. Thereafter Karna

became the Supreme Commander. On the very first day he

belabored in battle Nakula, one of the Pandavas. He

could easily have killed Nakula. But remembering his

promise to kunti he spared Nakula.

 

Karna was eager to kill Arjuna. In every respect he

had excelled Arjuna. But there was one big handicap.

He did not have as brilliant a charioteer as Arjuna

had in Krishna.

 

He sent word through Duryodhana and persuaded the

valiant Shalya to become his charioteer. But this only

harmed Karna. Shalya was the uncle of the Pandavas.

 

Although he had joined the Kauravas he loved the

Pandavas. And the Pandavas had made a secret prayer to

Shalya: " if ever you become Karna's charioteer, speak

to him in such a way that he loses heart. "

 

Shalya did so. He began to praise Arjuna highly before

Karna. He spoke so as to imply that Arjuna was

mightier than Karna. This threw cold water on Karna's

enthusiasm.

 

Poor man! That was his misfortune. The charioteer who

should have helped him was himself inviting defeat.

Besides, that very day he had lost two sons in the

battle

 

 

 

 

 

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