"O son, O Karna, O foremost of the truthful, O mighty-armed one, listen to these highly beneficial words of mine that I tell you today out of affection for you.
कर्ण मद्वचनं तात शृणु सत्यभृतां वर। ब्रुवतोऽद्य महाबाहो सौहृदात् परमं हितम्॥