Armed with sword, clad in mail, and his fingers cased in leathern fences, Karna, that foremost of all holders of weapons, riding on his car, followed Duryodhana.
तमन्वगाद् रथी खड्गी बद्धगोधाङ्गद्धलित्रवान्। कर्णः शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठः पृष्ठतः पुरुषर्षभ॥