Karna, being thus mangled by winged shafts of great impetuosity from Partha's bow, his limbs pierced and blood streaming down his body, resembled the bloody Rudra sporting son in the midst of a crematorium at the time of destruction.
दृढाहत: पत्रिभिरुग्रवैगैः॥ विभिन्नगात्रः क्षतजोक्षिताङ्गः कर्णो बभौ रुद्र इवाततेषुः। प्रकीडमानोऽथ श्मशानमध्ये रौद्रे मुहूर्ते रुधिरागात्रः॥