That hero of immense prowess (Karna) pursued these powerful car-warriors belonging to the Panchala divisions, shooting dreadful arrows at them from behind, while they (these car-warriors), as they survived the slaughter, were broken and running away from the field and deprived of their armours and standards. The son of Suta, who was endowed with great strength, afflicted them with his arrows; even as the remover of darkness (the sun), having reached the meridian, afflicts all the creatures with his rays.
हतशेषास्तु ये वीराः पञ्चालानां महारथाः। तान् प्रभग्नान् दुतान् वीरः पृष्ठतो विकिरञ्छरैः॥ अभ्यधावत तेजस्वी विशीर्णकवचध्वजान्। तापयामास तान् बाणैः सूतपुत्रो महाबलः। मध्यंदिनमनुप्राप्तो भूतानीव तमोनुदः॥