Then Karna, that powerful bowman, that siniter of enemies, having arranged the troops in the from of a Makara, started against the Pandavas with the object of winning victory (over them).
व्यूहं व्यूह्य महेष्वासो मकरं शत्रुतापनः। प्रत्युद्ययौ तथा कर्णः पाण्डवान् विजिगीषया॥