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Mahabaratham - Characters - Karna
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As per Vyasa Bharatha, Karna had multiple wives but their names are not
mentioned anywhere. These stories about Vrushali, Urvi etc are all made
up from imagination. His wives are only described as XYZ’s mother etc.
There is no description of how he married, on whose instruction etc
except that in Udoyga parva (Karna upanivada parva), he tells Krishna he
was married as per Suta traditions.
Source: Bharathi V (Bharathi-V-63), quora.com
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There is no mention of Karna’s wives’ name in the entire Mahabharat.
Additionally, there is hardly 2 or 3 mentions of his wives in the epic
in Udyoga Parva and Stri Parva. Here too there is no direct mention of
names.
Karna in Udyoga Parva tells Shri Krishna that he obtained wives from the caste Adiratha bought him up.
| Madhava, that Adhiratha, O Janardana, from paternal affection caused all
the rites of infancy to be performed on my person, according to the
rules prescribed in the scriptures. It is that Adhiratha, again, who
caused the name Vasusena to be bestowed upon me by the Brahmanas. When
also I attained to youth, I married wives according to his selections.
Through them have been born my sons and grandsons, O Janardana. My heart
also, O Krishna, and all the bonds of affection and love, are fixed on
them.
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Section CXLI, Udyoga Parva,
Second mention of his wives occurs in Stri Parva, where Gandhari is
moaning over Kauravas and Karna’s death in the battle field. She laments
on their death. Gandhari mentions about Vrishasena's mother and
Sushena's mother. Now we don't know if they both are same or two
different persons.
| My sons, those mighty car-warriors, from fear of the Pandavas, fought,
placing Karna at their head, like a herd of elephants with its leader to
the fore. Alas, like a tiger slain by a lion, or an elephant by an
infuriated elephant, that warrior hath been slain in battle by
Savyasaci. Assembled together, O tiger among men, the wives of that
warrior, with dishevelled tresses and loud wails of grief, are sitting
around that fallen her.
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Source: Aishwarya Raghunath (Aishwarya-Raghunath-2), quora.com
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Karna had 9 sons and no daughters.
Karna's sons were Vrishasena, Vrishaketu, Banasena, Chitrasena,
Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata and Prasena. All except for
Vrishaketu were killed in the war.
- Vrishasena was killed by Arjuna on 17th day. Chitrasena, Sushena,
Satyasena were killed by Nakula on 18th day. Banasena was killed by
Bhima on 16th day.
- Arjuna killed Shatrunjaya, Vrishasena, and Dvipata. Bhima killed
Banasena. Chitrasena, Satyasena, and Sushena were killed by Nakula.
- The only remaining son of Karna was Vrishaketu was taken under the
patronage of Pandavas after they knew about the truth of Karna's birth
and it is said that Pandavas, especially had great affection for
Vrishaketu. Vrishaketu also participated in the Ashwamedha Yagna of
Yudhisthira where he was killed by his cousin, Arjuna's son Babruvahana
and was later revived by Krishna. Vrishaketu later became king of Anga
and Indraprastha.
Source: hinduism.stackexchange.com, (answered May 3, 2021 by user20919)
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