Karna was born with aspects of his divine father Surya – the earrings and armorbreastplate................................Several births in the epic of Mahabharat were shrouded with mystery and happened in an unnatural or rather superhuman way. Karna's birth as the son of Kunti was one such mysterious births. It is highly interesting to know the story behind how Karna was born to Kunti.Once when Kunti was young, she was deputed by her father to render her services to the great sage Dhurvasa. Kunti was highly dutiful and sincere in her offering and could therefore please the sage beyond compare. At the end of her stay with the sage, the sage saw through his clairvoyance that she would not have any issues through her husband in future. Therefore, the sage blessed her with a powerful mantra that would help her get a son from anyone she wished.Kunti was very innocent at that age and therefore wanted to have some fun testing the mantra. She looked at sun god moving in the sky and chanted the mantra in all her devotion. At once, the sun god appeared before her in all his splendour. Kunti could not bear the radiance and effulgence of sun god and prayed that he left the scene. But, the sun god said due to the power of the mantra, he had to bless her with a son and she at once gave birth to Karna. However, due to the boon given by the sun god, her virginity remained untainted.Kunti was highly frightened due to the possible doubts that the people might have regarding her son and was afraid of the social stigma connected with a virgin girl giving birth to a boy child at a very young age. Therefore, she decided to abandon the child.
