In asmuchas single-handed, he succeeded in checking the three mighty warriors in battle; then the mighty armed Phalguna struck Karna on the vital limbs with a group of hundred arrows. Thereupon, the puissant son of Suta, steeped all over his body with blood.
यदेकः समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रीन् रथान् पर्यवारयत्। फाल्गुनस्तु महाबाहुः कर्ण वैकर्तनं रणे॥ सायकानां शतेनैव सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत्। रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्ग सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्॥