कर्णपर्व

Parva summary

Karna becomes commander; Shalya, reluctant, becomes his charioteer with the right to demoralise him with words. On day seventeen Karna and Arjuna meet. The wheel of Karna's chariot sinks. Karna asks Arjuna for a pause under the warrior's code; Krishna reminds him of every dharma he has broken — Draupadi's humiliation, the chakravyuha, the lacquer house silence. Arjuna fells Karna with the Anjalika astra as he struggles to lift the wheel. The half-brother conflict resolves in death.