Having been thus addressed by Karna, the king again thus spoke to him, “O foremost of men, nothing is unattainable to him who has you as a protector and to whom you are attached and on whose welfare you are entirely intent. Now I shall speak to you something which you should listen to.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन कर्णं राजाब्रवीत् पुनः। न किंचिद् दुर्लभं तस्य यस्य त्वं पुरुषर्षभ॥ सहायश्चानुरक्तश्च मदर्थं च समुद्यतः। अभिप्रायस्तु मे कश्चित् तं वै शृणु यथातथम्॥