Curses of Karna given to him by his guru Lord Parasurama, a Brahmin and by Mother Earth that led to his defeat to Arjuna.Curse by Mother Earth is not in scriptures, it's just a folk lore. The curses of Karna had little impact on his fate. He did forget Brahmastra at one instance but it was clearly mentioned that he used Brahmastra and other astras later.However, Karna was killed when he was trying to take the wheel out. It was intentionally done by Krishna as a tit for tat for what he Karna did Adharma against Abhimanyu.
1. Curse by Lord Parashurama:
Karna is interested in the art of warfare . To learn it, he approaches Dronacharya. He accepts him, but Drona refused to teach operation and withdrawal of Brahmastra which he only taught to Arjuna and partially to his own son Ashwathama. Karna decided to learn operation and withdrawal of Brahmastra from Parashurama. Parashurama is the guru of Dronacharya. But there is one problem. The problem is that Parashurama only provides Brahmastra Vidya to Brahmins and Karna is not a Brahmin either. Thus, Karna presents himself before Parashurama as a Brahmin without revealing his true identity. Parashurama accepts him as his student. He trained him to the point that he declared Karna to be equal to himself in the art of warfare and archery.
One day after training, Karna offers his lap to his guru Parashurama so that he could rest and take a nap. While Parashurama is sleeping, a bee stung Karna’s thigh. But Karna did not move as he does not want to disturb his guru (In some tales, it is stated that Lord Indra takes the form of a bee and stung Karna’s thigh in order to benefit his son Arjuna). When Parashurama wake up, he saw the blood coming out from Karna’s wound. He immediately figures out that Karna is not a Brahmin. He knows that a Brahmin is not able to bear the pain for so long. Parashurama becomes angry with Karna and "accuses him of stealing knowledge" by not telling him that he is not a Brahmin.He curses Karna that he would forget all his knowledge required to use the Brahmanda Astra (weapon).After hearing this, Karna becomes very sad and feels guilty for his offense. He pleads Parashurama to take back his curse. Upon Karna’s pleading, Parashurama modifies his curse. He says to Karna that “You will only forget all your knowledge when you need it the most while fighting against an equal enemy". Due to Karna’s diligence, he gave him his personal bow “Vijaya". This curse came into effect during his battle with Arjuna.
2. Curse by Brahmin: Once Karna is practicing his archery skills with his bow and arrow. Accidentally, he kills cow of a Brahmin. "The Brahmin got angry and curses him that he will be killed by his enemy when his attention is diverted in the middle of combat".
This curse also came into effect during his battle with Arjuna when Karna is busy removing the chariot wheel from the mud. During this time, he is shot by Arjuna, on the advice of Krishna.
3. Curse by Mother Earth: (Just a Folk Lore, not in scriptures)
Karna once helped a little girl who has accidentally dropped a jar filled with milk (or ghee) on the ground. She feared punishment from her mother.A kind Karna helped the girl recover the milk by squeezing and twisting the ground. In short, by hurting Mother Earth herself. Pain is so unbearable, that "Mother Earth curses Karna that she would not help Karna during the battle when he needs her the most. Also, she will try to make him even weaker in the battle". This curse of Karna came into effect during his battle with Arjuna. It results in an untimely incident when the wheel of his Chariot stuck in the mud, during the battle.
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