O foremost of Bharatas, Karna also, his soul and mind possessed by Naraka and influenced by the qualities of emotion and darkness, became cagerly desirous of killing Falguni (Arjuna).
कर्णोऽप्याविष्टचित्तात्मा नरकस्यान्तरात्मना॥ अर्जुनस्य वधे क्रूरां करोति स्म तदा मतिम्।