Was Karna able to string the bow?

He didn’t have the necessary skills to string the bow. A lot of maharathis like Shalya, Jarsandha etc. too couldn’t achieve this feat. There’s nothing inglorious about it.

Did Karna failed to string the bow in Draupadi Swayamvar?

Karna never participated in Draupadi Swayamwara.

How did Indra trick Karna?

Given Karna’s invincibility, any battle between him and Arjuna is likely to result in the latter’s defeat. Indra, the king of gods and Arjuna’s father, cannot let that happen. He plans to approach Karna in a brahman’s disguise and ask him for his earrings and armour.

Why does Draupadi rejected Karna?

Draupadi rejected Karna to marry because he was a “Sut-putra”.

Where is karna armour now?

When Indra dev took kavach kundal from karna and went to Indra lok, chandra dev tried to stole it due to it’s unbreakable capacity. To save it from chandra dev , Indra dev hid it in sun temple but where no one knew which is in puri now and now then it was protected by surya dev and varuna dev.

How did karna lose his armor?

And Karna, without a second thought, tears the Kavach and Kundal from his body and honours the pledge he took earlier in his life. Thus by doing so, Karna deprived himself of the inborn armour that could shield him from deadly weapons.

Why did Karna fail to defeat Arjuna in the Mahabharata?

It was simply because of lack of skill. During the final battle, the only thing Arjuna did was kill Karna’s support and he did not run anything significant against him, although he counteracted some of his weapons. For more information see my answer: War between Karna and Arjuna – Mahabharata

Why did the Brahmin curse Karna?

Enraged, the Brahmin cursed Karna that as he had killed a helpless animal, he too would be killed when he was the most helpless, when his concentration was diverted from his enemy.

Why was Karna killed in a weaponless state?

Well, as per the most researched Sanskrit texts, Karna was not killed in the weaponless state.He was fighting Arjun, even discharged Brahmastra and Varunastra, he got killed because he failed to counter Anjalika Weapon of Arjun.

Why did Karna go to Hastinapura?

When Karna became older, Adhiratha sent him to Hastinapura to learn under Drona, the instructor of the Pandavas (the five sons of Kunti and Pandu) and Kauravas (the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari ). Karna became a very talented archer. However, he was often jealous of the Pandava Arjuna.