O Bharata, if you remain indifferent towards Karna, he will cause a sad havoc of the Pandava, the Srinjaya and the Panchala forces, like the seizure of the ills, that flesh is heir to, makes the body succumb.
पाण्डवान् सृञ्जयांश्चैव पञ्चालांश्चैव भारता हन्यादुपेक्षितः कर्णो रोगो देहमिवागतः॥