Narada said Hearing of Karna's power the king of the Magadhas, Jarasandha, challenged him to a single combat. Both of them were masters of celestial weapons. A dreadful battle took place between them in which they struck each other with various kinds of weapons.
नारद उवाच आविष्कृतबलं कर्णं श्रुत्वा राजा स मागधः। आह्वयद् द्वैरथेनाजी जरासंधो महीपतिः॥ तयोः समभवद् युद्धं दिव्यास्त्रविदुषोईयोः। युधि नानाप्रहरणैरन्योन्यमभिवर्षतोः॥