Thus asked, Karna, fearing to be cursed, and trying to please him, said, O you of Bhrigu's race know me for a Suta, a race originating from the intermixture of Brahmanas with Kshatriyas.
कर्णः शापाद् ब्रह्मक्षत्रान्तरे जातं सूतं मां विद्धि भार्गव॥ तमुवाच ततः भीतः प्रसादयन्।