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Karna: Suryaputra, the Tragic Hero of the Mahabharata

Born of Surya and the unwed Kunti, set adrift on the Ashvanadi, raised by the charioteer Adhiratha — Karna lived the wrong life. Friend of Duryodhana, rival of Arjuna, generous to the point of self-destruction, his death on the seventeenth day of Kurukshetra is the Mahabharata's most heartbreaking page.

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Duryodhana: Suyodhana, the Kaurava Antagonist

Eldest of the hundred Kauravas, friend of Karna, student of Balarama, ruler of Hastinapura — Duryodhana is the Mahabharata's most carefully drawn antagonist. The text never reduces him to a villain, only to a man who could never accept second place.

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Bhima: Vrikodara, the Storm-Born Strength of the Pandavas

Born of Vayu, raised on a diet that fed a hundred men, married to a rakshasi, father of Ghatotkacha — Bhima carried the Pandavas' weight literally and figuratively. His mace broke Duryodhana's thigh and ended the Kuru war.

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