And grating his bowstring and stretching it at length, he took hold of his Gandiva with a view to make away with Karna and addressing Keshava, thus expressed himself.
ततो ज्यामभिमृज्याशु व्याक्षिपद् गाण्डिवं धनुः। दने कर्णविनाशाय केशवं चाभ्यभाषत॥