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Mr Akshadh008, There is no need to get hyper and start cursing members who post facts here. Just because you dont agree with them doesn't necessarily gives you the right to abuse them with your gutter language. You call others Jaahil and Shudra, But my dear friend its you who needs education. I dont know whats ur problem with Dalits ?? Did they run with a female member from your house, that ur sore abt it ?? Grow up its 21st century and ur still stuck in 5th Century....Remember Lord Krishna had a Shudra (low caste) friend called Sudama with whom he ate half cooked puffed rice and ran out barefoot from his palance to greet him. With regards to you calling Karna as coward, I completely disagree with ur views. If you had read Mahabharat carefully, you would have known that one of the name given to Lord Krishna is "Ranchoddas"as he too fled from the battlefield. Would you dare to call Krishna as coward too ?? If Karna was coward and Arjuna superior to him then why did Krishna, Kunti wanted him change sides before war. Was it to give him his rightful due OR out of fear of Pandavas. Why was Indra so fearful abt Karna's Kundals and Kavach and actually had to beg(steal) from him ? If Arjuna was that great and cud defeat everyone with ease, then why did Krishna had to play tricks as we saw in slaying of Jaydrath, Bheeshma, Drona, Karna, Ghatochkach and Duryodhana (By Bheema) too ! My friend, you call Arjuna as "Shur Veer" and let me remind you Shur veer and brave do not need to hide behind Shikhandee or fire arrow at unarmed warior or speak half truth. The reason why Karna didnt kill Bhima, Yudhistra, Nakul, Sahdev was because of promise given to Kunti. Karna was mentally defeated long before the first arrow was fired in Mahabharat battle, when Krishna and Kunti revealed the secret of his birth a well planned strategy. My Friend, you try to find excuses to vent out ur frustrations by picking on minor points as distance being measured in "Feet", "Inches" OR "Steps". The point here is that you have no argument, just a copy paste and claim to be a wise Pundit here. You Claim that Arjuna was greatest Archer and warrior. Now go and reasearch about "Barbareek" and why Krishna killed him, before you come to blabber here next time.

There can be no comparision between Karna and Arjuna when it comes to who was more skillful archer. Karna was a hands down winner over Arjuna. In Mahabarat there are many instances which are pointers in the direction of Karna's superiority. Apart from other reasons mentioned by forum members here, I would like to add few more. Infact it wouldnt be wrong in saying that Karna was as equal to if not more great than Krishna. Skill Testing Venue: 1) Why did Drona, Bheeshma, Kripacharya, Krishna and other Kshatriyas deny Karna an oppurtunity to display his skill after the Pandavas returned back to Hastinapur after completing their education ? Coz the reason was simple. For Drona, ego was the problem as he could not accept any other archer better than his fav student Arjuna. The treatment meted out to Eklavya is well known. Bheeshma, Krishna along with Kunti recognized Karna at the very same venue and knew all about his birth lineage and he being a Kshatriya. They all knew that he was far superior than Arjuna and could easily surpass him in skills. Yet they choose to remain silent for various personal reasons and Krishna being biased to her Bua's sibblings Pandavas denied Karna his rightful due. It proves that all these Maharathis, Arthirathis incl Krishna were fearful of Karna. Draupadi Swayamvar : 2) When all of the Kings and Kshatriyas incl Duryodhana and Kaurvas failed to even move the Shiv Dhanush. Karna stepped up and easily lifted the Shiv Dhanush and tied the string to it. As he was about to aim for the fish eye, Krishna winked at Draupadi asking her to stop him and she insulted Karna as being a low birth and "Sutputra". The arrogance and rudeness of Draupadi and manipulation of Krishna sowed the seeds of Mahabharat war at the Swayamvar. Once again Karna's superiority over Arjuna is proven. After Mahabharat War : After the Mahabharat war was over, Krishna asked Arjuna to take the Chariot far away from battlefield. As usual Arjuna was boasting about his superiority and his Archery skills. In his over confidence and arrogance, he laughed at Krishna and said that Karna was just a ordinary man in front of him and there was no comparision between them and he was more powerful. Arjuna claimed that when he shot the arrows at Karna's chariot, it would move 10 steps back. However, when Karna shot arrows at their chariot it would only move 2 steps back. Krishna decided to teach Arjuna a lesson and break his arrogance. He requested Arjuna to remove the Hanuman flag atop the chariot and move as far back away from it. After following Krishna's instructions, Arjuna was surprised that the Celestial Chariot on which he and Lord Krishna rode the Mahabharat war was blown to small peices. Arjuna asked Krishna what was all this. Lord Krishna replied, O' Arjuna realise this, It is I who control the entire universe and carry the entire burden of 'Trilok" on my shoulders was sitting with you and Bajrang Bali protecting the chariot from total destruction, absorbed all the force of arrows fired on you and your rath. So just imagine if I 'Trilokinath" carrying the entire burden of entire universe were not sitting on your chariot. You and your chariot would have been blown away like a dead leaf caught in storm. So imagine the force with which Karna and Bheeshma shot their arrows and how powerful they were that you moved only 2 steps behind. Arjuna was ashamed of himself and his cowardice and apologised to Lord Krishna for his arrogance. This proves the superiority of Karna over Arjuna.