TIME TO CLEAR SOME MISCONCEPTIONS

MISCONCEPTION : ARJUN WAS DEFEATED BY KARNA ON 16TH DAY OF WAR.

I HAVE NOTICED THIS JUST FEW DAYS BEFORE. THEY DID GIVE 'EVIDENCES' FOR THEIR CLAIM. LETS SEE WHAT IS THEIR SO CALLED EVIDENCES :

a) According to ,'B.R.CHOPRA MB' Karna defeated
 Arjuna within 2 min on 16th day of war & Spared
 his life due to sunset.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mJhRibLVrfg

b). Karna defeated Arjuna according to authentic
 KMG translation...

Sacred-Text:

Then cutting off the bow of Duhshasana, he
 proceeded against the son of Radha. At this,
 Karna, leaving Satyaki quickly pierced Arjuna with
 three arrows and Krishna with twenty, and to
 Partha again repeatedly. Although many were the
 arrows that he shot while slaying his foes in that
 battle, like Indra himself inspired with wrath,
 Karna yet felt no fatigue. Meanwhile Satyaki,
 coming up, pierced Karna with nine and ninety
 fierce arrows, and once more with a hundred.
 Then all the foremost heroes among the Parthas
 began to afflict Karna. Yudhamanyu and Shikhandi
 and the sons of Draupadi and the Prabhadrakas,
 and Uttamauja and Yuyutsu and the twins and
 Dhrishtadyumna, and the divisions of the Cedis
 and the Karushas and the Matsyas and Kaikeyas,
 and the mighty Chekitana, and king Yudhishthira
 of excellent vows, all these, accompanied by cars
 and steeds and elephants, and foot-soldiers of
 fierce prowess, encompassed Karna on all sides in
 that battle, and showered upon him diverse kinds
 of weapons, addressing him in harsh words and
 resolved to compass his destruction. Cutting off
 that shower of weapons with his sharp shafts,
 Karna dispersed his assailants by the power of his
 weapons like the wind breaking down the trees
 that stand on its way. Filled with wrath, Karna
 was seen to destroy car-warriors, and elephants
 with their riders, and horses with horse-men, and
 large bands of foot-soldiers. Slaughtered by the
 energy of Karna's weapons, almost the whole of
 that force of the Pandavas, deprived of weapons,
 and with limbs mangled and torn, retired from
 the field.

www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/m08030.htm

THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT BR CHOPRA MB IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL MAHABHARAT. SO IT IS WORTHLESS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NEXT COMES EVIDENCE FROM KMG TRANSLATION. JUST READ THEIR 'EVIDENCE' FROM KMG ABOVE. THE ENTIRE NARRATIVE SAYS KARNA PIERCED ARJUN ONLY ONCE. WAS PIERCED BY A WARRIOR A DEFEAT? THEN COUNTLESS ARE THE DEFEATS OF KARNA.

NOW LETS SEE WHAT IS THE TRUTH :

Then #Arjuna, smiling the while, #baffled
 with his own weapons the #weapons of #Karna
 and covered the welkin, the Earth, and all the
 points of the compass with dense shower of
 arrows. The shafts of Arjuna fell like heavy
 clubs and spiked bludgeons. And some
 amongst them fell like Sataghnis and some fell
 like fierce thunderbolts. Slaughtered
 therewith, the Kaurava force consisting of
 infantry and horse and cars and elephants,
 shutting its eyes, uttered loud wails of woe
 and wandered senselessly. Many were the
 steeds and men and elephants that perished
 on that occasion. Many, again, struck with
 shafts and deeply afflicted fled away in fear.

"'Whilst thy warriors were thus engaged in
 battle from desire of victory, the Sun
 approaching the Setting Mountain, entered it.
 In consequence of the darkness, O king, but
 especially owing to the dust, we could not
 notice anything favourable or unfavourable.
 The mighty bowmen (amongst the Kauravas),
 fearing a night-battle, O Bharata, then retired
 from the field, accompanied by all their
 combatants. Upon the retirement of the
 Kauravas, O king, at the close of the day, the
 Parthas, cheerful at #having #obtained the
 #victory, also retired to their own
 encampment, jeering at their enemies by
 producing diverse kinds of sounds with their
 musical instruments, and #applauding #Acyuta
 and #Arjuna. After those heroes had thus
 withdrawn the army, all the troops and all the
 kings uttered benediction upon the Pandavas.
 The withdrawal having been made, those
 sinless men, the Pandavas, became very glad,
 and proceeding to their tents rested there for
 the night.

THE NARRATIVE CLEARLY SHOWS HOW ARJUNS ARROWS CAUSED DESTRUCTION AMONG THE KAURAV ARMY. THE VICTORY OBTAINED ON 16TH DAY WAS FOR PANDAVAS. ALL THE WARRIORS APPLAUDED ARJUN FOR GIVING THEM VICTORY.

NOW READ WHAT DRITHARASHTRA TOLD ABOUT ARJUN AFTER THE 16TH DAY WAR.

"Dhritarashtra said, 'It seems that Arjuna slew
 all of you at his will. Indeed, the Destroyer
 himself could not escape him in battle, if
 Arjuna took up arms against Him. Single-
 handed, Partha ravished Bhadra, and single-
 handed, he gratified Agni. Single-handed, he
 subjugated the whole Earth, and made all the
 kings pay tribute. Single-handed, with his
 celestial bow he slew the Nivatakavachas.
 Single-handed, he contended in battle with
 Mahadeva who stood before him in the guise
 of a hunter. Single-handed, he protected the
 Bharatas, and single-handed, he gratified
 Bhava. Single-handed, were vanquished by
 him all the kings of the Earth endued with
 fierce prowess. The Kurus cannot be blamed.
 On the other hand, they deserve praise (for
 having fought with such a warrior). Tell me
 now what they did. Tell me also, O Suta, what
 Duryodhana did after that.'

www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/m08031.htm

NOW LETS SEE WHAT KARNA HAD TO SAY ABOUT ARJUN ON THE 16TH DAY NIGHT :

Karna, sighing
 like an angry snake, squeezing his hands, and
 eyeing thy son, said, "#Arjuna is always
 #careful, #firm, #possessed of skill, and endued
 with #intelligence. Again, when the time
 comes, Vasudeva awakes him (to what should
 be done). Today, by #that sudden #shower of
 #weapons we were deceived by him.
 Tomorrow, however, O lord of Earth, I will
 frustrate all his purposes."

www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/m08031.htm

HERE KARNA HIMSELF ADMITS HE WAS DEFEATED BY ARJUN ON 16TH DAY. IF NOT, DEFINITELY KARNA WOULD HAVE BOASTED ABOUT HIS VICTORY OVER ARJUN. HE TOLD HE WILL DEFEAT ARJUN 'TOMORROW'.

NOW IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT ARJUN WASNT DEFEATED BY KARNA ON 16TH DAY. THEY ARE SPREADING THESE KIND OF FAKE STORIES THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION. I HAVE ONLY ONE WORD FOR THOSE PAGES WHICH ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR FALSE INTERPRETATIONS AND FOLKLORES - PATHETIC.

JAI DHANANJAYA !!

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