With mighty discharges of arrows as an elephant smites (with his tusks) his rival elephant. Those two most valiant of mortals, as agile as tigers and endued with matchless strength wounded each other in that battle. Then the grandson of Sini by means of shafts made entirely of iron, pierced Karna, the chastiser of his foes, all through his body over and over again and with a broad headed arrows smote his (Karna's) charioteer from his niche in the car.
महता शरवर्षेण गजं प्रति गजो यथा। तौ समेतौ नरव्याघ्रौ व्याघ्राविव तरस्विनौ॥ अन्योन्यं संततक्षाते रणेऽनुपमविक्रमौ। ततः कर्ण शिनेः पौत्रः सर्वपारसवैः शरैः॥ बिभेद सर्वगात्रेषु पुनः पुनररिंदम। सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्॥