I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the exceedingly brave and unconquerable in war, Karna had been killed by Arjuna in the war of brothers, which was mysterious even to celestial.
यदाश्रौषं कर्णमत्यन्तशूरं हतं पार्थेनाहवेष्वप्रधृष्यम्। तस्मिन्भ्रातृणां विग्रहे देवगुह्ये तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥