Having heard that the son of Shantanu, that foremost of men, the never-dropping one and the best of all car-warriors, had been slain, O king, Karna the repressor of enemies and the foremost of all bowmen, speedily arrived at the field of battle.
श्रुत्वा तु कर्णः पुरुषेन्द्रमच्युतं निपातितं शान्तनवं महारथम्। अथोपयायात् सहसारिकर्षणो धनुर्धराणां प्रवरस्तदा नृप॥