Having said this the impartial king Yudhisthira, that foremost of men, got upon his chariot. It was adorned with gold and drawn by horses having black and ivory white tails and quick-coursing like mind. And talking pleasantly with Krishna and Arjuna he started, surrounded by his troops for seeing the battleficld teeming with many incidents. While talking with those two heroes Madhava and a Phalguna the king saw Karna, the foremost of men, lying on the battle-field.
इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजस्तु रथं हेमविभूषितम्॥ श्वेतवर्णैर्हयैर्युक्तं कालवालैर्मनोजवैः। आस्थाय पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वबलेनाभिसंवृत्तः॥ प्रययौ स महाबाहुर्रेष्टुमायोधनं तदा। कृष्णार्जुनाभ्यां वीराभ्यामनुमन्त्र्य ततः प्रियम्॥ आभाषमाणस्तौ वीराबुभौ माधवफाल्गुनौ। स ददर्श रणे कर्णं शयानं पुरुषर्षभम्॥