Vaishampayana said: O king, O foremost of the Bharata race, having heard these words of Karna, that lord of men became exceedingly delighted and he thus spoke to Karna.
तच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचो राजन् कर्णस्य भरतर्षभ। प्रीत्या परमया युक्तः कर्णमाह नराधिपः॥