The puissant and energetic Karna too taking up his bow and surrounding by the foremost of the Kauravas, like Shakra by the celestials, awaited (their charge) relying on the strength of his own arms. The battle, that then took place between Karna (on one side) and the Pandavas (on the other).
कर्णोऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठश्चापमुद्यम्य वीर्यवान्। कौरवाग्रयैः परिवृतः शक्रो देवगणैरिव॥ पर्यतिष्ठत तेजस्वी स्वबाहुबलमाश्रितः। ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कर्णस्य सह पाण्डवैः॥