Thereupon Karna, who was endued with extreme lightness in the use of diverse weapons, covered all the points of the compass with bis arrowy net-work. Then in consequence of the welkin being darkened by those showers of arrows, no creature could be seen distinguished.
ततः कर्णो लघुचित्रानयोधी सर्वा दिशः प्रावृणोद् बाणजालैः। न वै किञ्चत् प्रापतत् तत्र भूतं तमोभूते सायकैरन्तरिक्षे॥