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SahasraKavachaandKarna

November21,2013March8,2014 mruganayanee TomygrandchildrenYouallknowthatKarnawasborntoKunti,bythepowerofSunGod,andhadKavachaandKundalafromverybirth.But,doyouknowthestorybehindtheKavacha,theKavachathatKarnahadfromhisverybirth?Ishalltellyounow.

Oncetherelivedamonsterbyname,Dhambodhbhava.HedidseverepenanceonLordSurya,toobtainimmortality.However,afterknowingthat,itcouldnotbeobtainable,heaskedforonethousandarmours,and,alsothat,ifanyonebreakshisarmour,heshouldimmediatelydie.Hence,indirectly,anyonewhocanbreakallhisonethousandarmoursatasingleinstantsuccessfullyonly,cankillhim.Itcouldneverbepossible,so,hethoughtthat,hehadobtainedimmortality.thealternateisthat,anyonewhodidpenanceforonethousandyearscanbreakhisarmours!HiswishhadtobegrantedbytheSunGod,because,Dhambodhbhavahaddonethatmuchseverepenancewithundoubteddevotion.Naturally,aspredicted,Dhambodhbhava,whoisthereaftercalledasSAHASRAKAVACHAstartedharmingsaintsandsagesandbecameathreattoeveryoneintheforest.Now,MurtialsocalledAhimsa,DakshaPrajapathisdaughter,andwifeofDharma,theDeathGoddidseverepenancetohavesonstokillSahasraKavacha.Shehadtwinsons,NARANARAYANA.SheaskedthemtodoseverepenanceforonethousandyearsandthentokillsahasraKavacha.Naraisthehumansoul,andNarayanaisitseternalcompanion.Thus,thetwinbrothers,NaraNarayanadidpenanceforonethousandlongyearswithutmostdevotionandfoughtwithSahasraKavacha.Everytimeoneofthebrothersbrokeoneofthearmours,immediatelyhewoulddie;but,theotherwouldrushandsavehisbrotherbyutteringMRUTHYUNJAYAMANTRAandbeabletobringbackhimtolife.theonewhocamebacktolifewouldgoandcontinuethepenance,whiletheotherwouldfightwithsahasraKavachaandwouldbreakhisarmour.thus,theinseparabletwinbrothersfoughtwithSahasraKavachauntiltheyhadbrokenhisninehundredandninetyninearmours!Whenonlyonearmourwaswithhim,herushedtotheSungodforrescue.WhenNaraNarayanademandedtohandoverDhambodhbhavatothem,LordSuryarefused,justifyingthat,hehaddoneseverepenanceonhimwithutmostdevotion.Bythattime,itwastheendoftheTrethaYuga.WhenDvaparaYugastarted,NaraNarayanaincarnatedasLordKrishnaandArjuna,andDhambodhbhavaincarnatedasKarnawiththeremainingkavacha.Inordertokillhimthekavachahadtobebroken,but,thekillerwilldie.Soonly,LordIndra,indisguiseasabrahmana,gotitfromhimasDhana.Eventually,ittookaturnintheKurukshetrawar.

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