"O Karna! This Abhimanyu is faithful, his prowess is great and his armour is incapable of being penetrated into. I have taught the father of this hero, the diverse methods of wearing coats of mail; assuredly this subjugator of hostile fortresses, knows all those methods of wearing armours. But exerting yourself carefully, you can, with arrows cut-off his bow, his bowstring.
अभेद्यमस्य कवचं युवा चाशुपराक्रमः। उपदिष्टा मया चास्य पितुः कवचधारणा॥ तामेष निखिला वेत्ति ध्रुवं परपुरंजयः। शक्यं त्वस्य धनुश्छेत्तुं ज्यां च बाणैः समाहितैः।।२८