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= Karna The Great = Karna or Arjuna who was greater warrior!!.This question intrigue nearly every indian.

Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, Sutaputra and Radheya, is one of the major characters in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He is the spiritual son of Surya (the Sun deity) and princess Kunti (later the Pandava queen). Kunti was given a boon to have child with desired qualities of divine gods. To know whether the boon was correct or not, she invoked Sun god & then Karna was born to unmarried teenage Kunti, who abandons the new born Karna in a basket on a river. The basket is discovered floating on the Ganges River. He is adopted and raised by foster Suta parents named Radha and Adhiratha Nandana of the charioteer and poet profession working for king Dhritarashtra. Karna grows up to be an accomplished warrior of extraordinary abilities, a gifted speaker and becomes a loyal friend of Duryodhana. He is appointed the king of Anga (Bengal) by Duryodhana. Karna joins the losing Duryodhana side of the Mahabharata war. He was a key character who aims to kill Arjuna but dies in a battle with him during the Kurushetra war.

He is a tragic hero in the Mahabharata, in a manner similar to Aristotle's literary category of "flawed good man". He meets his biological mother late in the epic then discovers that he is the older half-brother of those he is fighting against. Karna is a symbol of someone who is rejected by those who should love him but do not given the circumstances, yet becomes a man of exceptional abilities willing to give his love and life as a loyal friend. His character is developed in the epic to raise and discuss major emotional and dharma (duty, ethics, moral) dilemmas. His story has inspired many secondary works, poetry and dramatic plays in the Hindu arts tradition, both in India and in southeast Asia.

A regional tradition believes that Karna founded the city of Karnal, in contemporary Haryana.

Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: 'arjuna') was a character of the Indian epic Mahabharata. Arjuna was the son of Pandu and Kunti in the Kuru Kingdom. He was the spiritual son of Indra. In his previous birth, Arjuna was saint Nara- lifelong companion of Narayana (Lord Vishnu). Nara and Narayana both are divine forms of Vishnu. He was the third of the Pandava brothers and was married to Draupadi, Ulupi, Chitrāngadā, and Subhadra (Krishna's and Balarama's sister) at different times. His four children included Srutakarma, Iravan, Babruvahana and Abhimanyu. Arjuna was an Atimaharathi and was equal to 12 Maharathis.

Arjuna was a key Pandava warrior and played a huge role in the Pandava victory in the Kurukshetra war. Lord Hanuman stayed on Arjuna's chariot flag.

Comparison-
Many times Lord Krishna praises Karna either when he was in war or when he was giving generosity to poor people.Heavenly help and 2 tragic curse was the reason for the downfall of this tragic hero.By birth he was abandoned by his mother,always denigrated by society and guru dronacharya for follow his passion because he was "sutputra '' (low caste borned),Dejected by pandavas in many occasion yet inspite of all this massive odds he never left his dream,friend and sacrificed his live for protection of dharma(as he promised to kunti that he will not kill any of her son and arjun too because he knew arjun was his brother).

On the another hand Arjuna was borned in royal family,always get respect from society and guru dronacharya because he was a royal prince.Many time Lord Krishna helped Arjuna from death.It was Lord Krishna who saved Arjuna from Karna because he knew if Arjuna will die  whole war and  defeat of pandavas will be inevitable.

Reference-
1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfTT4vcJGZk

2.Arjun cries after knwoing the truth

=== Lord Krishna applauding greatness of Karna ===

Category:Mahabharata