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The Great Epics
The hall applauded him. Which means the hall knew. Then Karna stood up, and nobody supported him a second time.
He was one of Duryodhana's hundred brothers, and he was the only person in the hall who answered Draupadi's question.
Draupadi had been dragged into the Kuru assembly and had asked whether Yudhishthira, having already staked and lost himself, still had any standing to stake her.
Bhishma had said the course of dharma is subtle and could not resolve it. Drona had said nothing. Kripa had said nothing. Dhritarashtra had said nothing. Her five husbands were bound and silent.
The most learned assembly in the world was refusing to answer a direct question of law.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.