(His voice filled with pain and anger) "Mother, you speak of 'rights' now? Where were these rights when I was thrown into the river? Where was your motherhood when I was raised by a charioteer? Now you want me to abandon Duryodhana—the only man who accepted me, who gave me a kingdom, who called me a friend when the world called me lowborn?
(Desperate) "Then kill me instead, Karna! I am the one who sinned against you. But the Pandavas are innocent. They do not even know of your existence. Why do you wish to destroy them?" karna kunti sambad english translation
Now go. If the Kauravas see you here, they will call you a spy. And I... I have prayers to finish. May you live long, Mother. You will never see me alive again after this war." (His voice filled with pain and anger) "Mother,
(Embracing his feet) "Then I will curse myself every day of my life. But promise me, Karna—the world will know the truth after you die. People should know that the great warrior Karna was a son of the Sun, not a Suta." Now you want me to abandon Duryodhana—the only
If I join the Pandavas now, the world will say: 'Karna is a traitor who changes sides for his mother's tears.' I cannot betray Duryodhana's salt. But... I will give you this promise: I will not kill any of your other sons. I will only fight Arjuna. Either he or I will die. You will still have five sons left, Mother. You will not be childless."
Go now, Mother. Tell your sons nothing. Fight me. I will kill Arjuna or Arjuna will kill me. That is my gift to you: your five sons will live. I will aim only for the one who is not your son by Kunti's womb—no, wait. Arjuna is my brother too. So I will fight him as a Kshatriya fights a Kshatriya. Let fate decide."
(Stunned, letting go of his arrow and water pot. He laughs bitterly) "What is this, Mother? You call me a Suta-putra (son of a charioteer) all my life, let me be ridiculed by the world, let me be denied education by Parasurama's curse, let Draupadi call me a 'Suta's son' and refuse me at her swayamvara... and now, on the eve of the greatest war, you call me your son? What is your purpose?"