It is a crisp, cold morning. A young couple are walking along the shore of the river. The young woman, Radha, notices a small box floating down the river. “Honey, do you see that box?” Her husband, Adhiratha, looks in the direction of where her hand is pointing to. Adhiratha walks toward the river and wades into the water. He grabs ahold of the box and peers into it. His jaw drops as he looks at the content of the box and calls out to his wife. “Radha, come here and see what I found.”
Radha joins her husband in the water and peers into the box to find a small baby wrapped in a silk blanket. The baby has a suit of gold armor on his chest as well as gold earrings. Adhiratha looks at his wife. “Radha, god has blessed us. He knows that we have no children and has given us a child.”
The couple adopts the child and names him Karna. Karna is educated in Hastinapura. However, due to him being from a lower caste and a poorer family, Karna is often subjected to ridicule and harassment from his classmates. After a few years, Karna seeks out a mentor to teach him martial arts and meets Parasurama. Parasurama was a revered mentor in martial arts; however he had a condition for his students. Parasurama refused to teach a Kshatriya
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