Filling all the quarters of the heaven with arrows of the measures of the Aksha of a car, the Rakshasa assailed Karna in that night that witnessed the destruction of so many heroes.
रथाक्षमात्रैरिषुभिः सर्वाः प्रच्छादयन् दिशः॥ तस्यां वीरापहारिण्यां निशायां कर्णमभ्ययात्।