Meanwhile, left alone by the Rakshasa that foremost of car-warriors viz., Karna, rushed against Bhimasena, on his car of solar effulgence.
रक्षसा विप्रमुक्तस्तु कर्णोऽपि रथिनां वरः। अभ्यद्रवद् भीमसेनं रथेनादित्यवर्चसा॥