Bheeshma-vs-Karna

I was just thinking about the two characters, Beeshma and Karna that popped a day back.

As we know, from the epic of Mahabharat, Beeshma and Karna, both had many blind spots in their path, of which many will know Karna's blind spots, while Beeshma's adharma is generally de-surfaced, however portrayed as a great man. I am trying to interpret from my little understanding on this.

கங்கை மைந்தன்; தேவ விரதன்; ப்ரம்மச்சரியன்; தன் சாவை தானே தீர்மாணிக்கும் ஒரே ஷத்ரியன்; இறை அவாதாரமாம் பரசுராமரும் வெல்ல முடியா பராக்கிரமசாலி, வாழ்வனைத்தையும், ஹஸ்தினாபுற நலனுக்காக அர்ப்பணித்த தியாகி - என்றெல்லாம் ஆயிரம் புகழிருந்தும், the one he thought was Dharma was wrong. In his view, his promise of "protecting Hasthinapur is dharma", hence he acted as a slave to the individuals in the regime of Guru vamsam.

Couple of few examples are,

Beeshma, being the eldest & the greatest physical power, had the highest power of decision making in the kingdom, however,

1. Never stopped Dhritarashtra from adharma
2. Kept quite while decision on gambling
3. Kept quite while Draupadi stripped
4. Slept when Duryodhana denied the land to be given to Paandavaas
5. Missed discouraging war
6. Missed controlling Durian although Beeshma was capable

தீமை தெரிந்தும், தடுக்கத்தவன் அத்தீமையின் மூல காரணமாவான். In summary, As per Beeshma, Dharma is only protecting his promise. ஆனால் தர்மம் என்பது உலகத்தின் நன்மையை கொண்டதே அன்றி, ஒரு தனி மனிதனின் சத்தியத்தை கொண்டதல்ல - என்ற சாதாரண உண்மையை புரிந்துகொள்ளவில்லை. தர்மம் உலக நன்மையை பொறுத்து காலத்துக்கேற்ப மாறுவதென்பதையும் அறியவில்லை. விளைவு..! குருசேத்ரம். The war is fundamentally because of Beeshma's poor decision making in addition to other obvious reasons.

The pointer is very different w.r.t. Karnan. He is just an unfortunate person, but never made a mistake knowingly,

1. His birth was unfortunate
2. His training was denied by Dhronacharia
3. His training was further stopped in the middle by Parasuram
4. A capable Shathria unaware of his own caste
5. He was denied to prove his abilities against Arjun throughout his life.
6. He had to tie-up with Durian for obvious reasons
7. Although the better performer than Arjun, politically defeated in the war
8. Krishna has to beg at him for his demise in the war.

and so on...

தீமையின் பக்கமிருந்தாலும், வாழ்வில், தருமத்தின் பொருளாக வாழ்ந்தவன் கர்ணன், while தர்மம் என்றெண்ணி, தீமையை உருவாக்கியவன் பீஷ்மன்.