And O lordly being, all the great warriors of the Dhritarasthra force paid him their homage and worshipped him as the best of all bowmen.
अपूजयन् महेष्वासा धार्तराष्ट्रा नरोत्तमम्॥ कर्णं रथवरश्रेष्ठं श्रेष्ठं सर्वधनुष्मताम्।