All the gods in heaven and persons of the earth, checking the animals they were riding upon, waited calmly to see the issue of the fight between those great heroes, Karna and Partha, who were the choicest of warriors and scorchers of enemies.
दृष्ट्वा तु मुख्यावथ युध्यमानौ दिद्दक्षवः शूरवरावरिघ्नौ॥ कर्ण च पार्थ च विलोकयन्तः खस्था महीस्थाश्च जनावतस्थुः।