As a snake, for its own destruction, encounters the best of birds Garuda, highly active and of beautiful feathers, so do you O Karna, challenge Dhananjaya the son of Pritha.
सुपर्णं पतगश्रेष्ठ वैनतेयं तरस्विनम्। भोगीवाह्वयसे पाते कर्ण पार्थं धनंजयम्॥