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Ashwini Nakshatra meaning

Ashwini Nakshatra is named after its ruling deities Ashwini Kumaras. They are the sons of Surya and his wife Samjna in the form of a horse.

Why Kunti abandoned Karna?

Karna's birth was a surprise shock for Kunti. Sage Durvasa had given a mantra to Kunti. With that mantra, she could invoke any Deva and be blessed with a child. Out of curiosity, she tested the mantra and called Suryadeva. She asked Suryadeva to go back but he was bound by the power of the mantra. Kunti conceived and delivered Karna. She was still unmarried. She abandoned Karna to keep what happened a secret.

वन्दे मातरम् सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम् सस्यश्यामलां मातरम् वन्दे मातरम् शुभ्रज्योत्स्नपुलकितयामिनीम् फुल्लकुसुमितद्रुमदलशोभिनीम् सुहासिनीं सुमधुरभाषिणीम् सुखदां वरदां मातरम् वन्दे मातरम् vand....