If, O Karna, you part with those auspicious ear-rings with which you were born, your life will be shortened and you will be subject to death.
यदि दास्यसि कर्ण त्वं सहजे कुण्डले शुभे। आयुषः प्रक्षयं गत्वा मृत्योर्वशमुपैष्यसि॥