Karna is valiant, proud, an adept in the use of weapons, an expert charioteer, skilled in the tactics of war, a veteran warrior and an able diplomatist.
कर्णो हि बलवान् दृप्तः कृतास्त्रश्च महारथः॥ कृती च चित्रयोधी च देशकालस्य कोविदः।