Thread:Valeth/@comment-118.70.177.74-20170801015239/@comment-27971189-20170802060924

I heard about BORI translation too when FGO Karna spark my interest again, mind you.

And from people who actually following Mahabharata since its older translation, they deemed BORI inaccurate than older translation as BORI translation is simply a book where the scholars chose Mahabharata parts that they deemed legit by their own standards, eliminating parts they deemed unnecessary.

Critical Edition by definition means one takes into study all other versions of the works, collates it, selecting the one that is most suited, after all.

AFAIK, Mahabharata hardcore readers never really recommended BORI translations, as it removed cultural and religious aspects behind the story, effectively make many turn of events from all previous versions didn't make sense instead of re-affirming events. Some questioning the validity of BORI method as they hardly include parts from Pro Kauravas version..

Many scholars thats not BORI members, including pro Pandavas, doing years of research too, and they agree that Karna is superior than Arjuna, and Karna is died through deception. That's long before BORI CE released; what makes BORI translation, without doubt, invalidated their research then?

AFAIK, the best anime and manga translation are translation that not disregarding the whole content, including spin-off. If disregarding some content, by your own standard, is enough to made you the best translator, congratulations then.

Its hilarious how you pointed out Karna ran from Gandharva army while saying Karna is weaker than Arjuna. Mind you on most versions that's not BORI's, Karna ran away from them is logical action considering the whole situation.

His opponent are 1000 blessed soldiers with blessed weaponry, and he have to deal with them alone. If you consider anyone other than him hardly stand a chance, and by time he run away from them, he already wiped some of them while injured; and he did all of that without his Vijaya but ordinary bow, hardly any backup thanks to Gandharvas concentrating their attack on him.

Gandharva themselves all going "everything is right when the opponent is Karna", full of bloodlust. Have you ever seen any Pandavas got such treatment, attacked from every angle by blessed soldier? AFAIK gods blessings to Arjuna are always higher than usual blessings-- and Karna perform that feat with hardly any blessings as he want to prove to Surya that his skill will triumph.