They used to say to Karna, "Oh Karna, oh mighty bowman, O you of infinite prowess in battle, you should not hurl this Sakti at any one close, O foremost of all victorious combatants.
कर्ण कर्ण महेष्वास रणेऽमितपराक्रम। नान्यस्य शक्तिरेषा ते मोक्तव्या जयतां वर॥