#dharma is something that goes beyond what is 'man made' its something intrinsic

[sundescended]

/  Sometimes I think about the fact that to follow his dharma, karna declined the chance to be announced king and have the kingdom of the entire world (as eldest of the Pandavas), Krishna, a ‘good’ family name, and even his own mother Kunti

#thinking about how k.arna followed his dharma till the end #as far as i understand; dharma does not really translates into 'evil' or 'good' as we tend to understand it #k.arna is a character who follows the path of dharma a lot of times in the epic yet also does adharmic actions as well #thinking about;; #k.arna being by the side of the 'unrighteous' aka Duryodhana despite k.arna himself being aware of this fact #dharma is something that goes beyond what is 'man made' its something intrinsic #its something that is innate basically #our internal duty #example of this through k.arna is that his destiny was to honor his titles as daanaveera and as Vrisha #aka his charitable nature and as one who keeps his vows #amongst others #we see the first one as example; when he donates his armor and earing away despite having to lit cut it off his body #the second when he promises his mother that on the war he will not slain any of his other brothers except a.rjuna; so at the end #his mother will still have 5 children (As either he or a.rjuna will die) #(which he -did- know he was going to die anyways but went on regardless) #and i think thats a very clear example of him following his dharma #its like;; fire giving warmth and light #its natural for fire to do so #its what fire has to do naturally; its intrinsic to fire #if k.arna went against these things; he would be following an adharmic path #so it sounds kind of contradictory considering he followed a path that did not follow god's way yet at the same time #he was following his intrinsic nature #so that's why i feel the concept of dharma and k.arna is a lil more complicated than calling it following 'good' or 'evil' paths #yet k.arna did do adharmic actions as well bc he is human too #and it happened in many occasions and that is why he is not innocent nor pure hearted and why it brought him unhappiness as well #THONKS #i think its so so interesting #and it adds so much depth to his character #k.arna is so much more than 'goodest sunboi' or 'pure innocent man who did nothing wrong' #or in f.ate's context; 'haha he doesnt understand indirects and jokes'