Seeing Arjuna thus assailed with Karna's arrows Krishna said to him "Go nearer to Karna and strike him with more powerful weapons."
ततः कृष्णोऽर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा कर्णास्त्रेण च पीडितम्। अभ्यसेत्यब्रवीत् पार्थमातिष्ठास्त्रं व्रजेति च॥