Sanjaya said Knowing perfectly well what Karna desired to do, the slayer of Madhu, the mighty armed Janaradana, O monarch ordered the foremost of the Rakshasas, viz., Ghatotkacha of puissant might to engage in a duel with Karna for rendering, O king, the latter's death-dealing Sakti fruitless. All this, O monarch, is the outcome of your wicked policy.
संजय उवाच एतचिकीर्षित ज्ञात्वा कर्णस्य मधुसूदनः। नियोजयामास तदा द्वैरथे राक्षसेश्वरम्॥ घटोत्कचं महावीर्यं महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः। अमोघाया विघातार्थं राजन् दुर्मन्त्रिते तव॥