Sanjaya said Karna then drove out for victory, mounting excellent chariot, most lavishly furnished, invulnerable, with a magnificent pole, adorned with gold, auspicious, with (fluttering) penons and to which harnessed steeds fleet like the wind.
संजय उवाच समृद्धिमन्तं रथमुत्तमं दृढं सकूबरं हेमपरिष्कृतं शुभम्। र्युक्तं समास्थाय ययौ जयाय॥