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=== Relationship with Duryodhana === | === Relationship with Duryodhana === | ||
Karna meets Duryodhana for the first time in Hastinapura during archery lessons from Drona, an event described in section 3.293 of the ''Mahabharata''.{{sfn|McGrath|2004|pp=114–116}} They become close friends not long after, when Karna and Arjuna are at a weapons trial competition. Duryodhana sees in Karna a man who is an equal of Arjuna in martial abilities, and someone to befriend to balance out Arjuna and thereby "diminish the Pandavas".{{sfn|McGrath|2004|pp=114–116}}{{sfn|Bowles|2008|pp=xxiii-xxx}} | Karna meets Duryodhana for the first time in Hastinapura during archery lessons from Drona, an event described in section 3.293 of the ''Mahabharata''.{{sfn|McGrath|2004|pp=114–116}} They become close friends not long after, when Karna and Arjuna are at a weapons trial competition. Duryodhana sees in Karna a man who is an equal of Arjuna in martial abilities, and someone to befriend to balance out Arjuna and thereby "diminish the Pandavas".{{sfn|McGrath|2004|pp=114–116}}{{sfn|Bowles|2008|pp=xxiii-xxx}} | ||