Beholding Bhima approach towards him, Karna, otherwise called Vaikartana or Vrisha, filled with anger, struck him on the chest with an arrows. Once more the highly energetic Karna covered him with a shower of arrows. Thus struck by the charioteer's son Bhima two enshrouded him with Narachas.
ततो मुहूर्ताद् राजेन्द्र पाण्डवः कर्णमाद्रवत्। समापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषः॥ आजघान सुसंक्रुद्धो नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे। पुनश्चैनममेयात्मा शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्॥