Both of them were best of bowmen, were greatly powerful and capable of killing all enemies. Understanding that an encounter was soon to take place between Karna and Partha, the Kurus, wishing to witness it, stood at a distance.
तावुत्तमौ सर्वधनुर्धराणां महाबलौ सर्वसपत्नसाहौ। कर्णस्य पार्थस्य निशम्य युद्धं दिदृक्षमाणाः कुरवोऽभितस्थुः॥