Karna for K for the # a to Z challenge

                                        

Kunti gave you up to Mother Ganga 

And you little baby, flowed down her bosom

Safe and sound 

Found by Adhirath the charioteer

Who made you his own after 

Quite a struggle of his own

Radha became your mother

You grew up brilliantly strong

Son of the Sun God- Surya.

He had endowed you

With shining armour and ear rings

At birth

And followed you around 

Frolicking with you on every step- unknown.

Discarded royal, yet so loved

You could not contest at many a place

With other royals since no one knew

Of your own birth parents

Duryodhana gave you support

Made you Angaraaj

Fortunate was he

For he earned by that single action

A life long friend most loyal

Who fought the great war 

 

At his side same as the steadfast

Bheeshma, both of you with no

Axe to grind of your own and yet

You stood most firm

Heedless of your wife and mothers plea

Unshaken even by Sri Krishna's counsel

The revelation of your birth 

Shook you to your core but

Failed to move you from the side

Of the wrong-doer simply

Because it was not in you to

Betray your friend.

Till the end you stayed the 

Great giver, courageous and strong

First born of Kunti

Ready to bear any loss

For your own belief of what's right and wrong

Oldest Pandava, we will never forget thee.

              

जो रहिमन उत्तम प्रकृति- का कर सकत कुसंग

                                                    चंदन विष व्यापत नहीं लिपटे रहत भुजंग

A couplet (Doha) by Rahim (Abdurrahim Khankhana)

Meaning- Says Rahim, one who is of inherently noble nature, will remain unaffected even when he associates with bad people. Just as the sandalwood plant does not absorb poison when the snakes wind around it.

This seems to me to point directly to the hero of today's post :) Dear reader what do you think ?

I am writing poetry based on Indian mythology for the April 2016 A to Z challenge. Please read, comment and share freely and do come back :)