Karna's head, separated off the body, looked like a mountain top loosened by a storm or like fire put out after the completion of a sacrifice, or the sun after it has risen the setting hill.
महानिलेनादिमिरापविद्धं यज्ञावसानेऽग्निमिव प्रशान्तम्। मस्तं गतं भास्करस्येव बिम्बम्॥