How could Karna, that foremost of carwarriors, that powerful hero, that one of mighty prowess, was slain in battle by force by the son of Pritha?
स कथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठः कर्णः पार्थेन संयुगे। निहतः पुरुष व्याघ्रः प्रसह्यासह्यविक्रमः॥