O foremost of kings, then Vikartana's son Karna, that crusher of his foes, immovable like a hill and equal to a hill in personal proportions, destroyed that wonderful shower of arrows.
तदद्भुतं शैल इवाप्रकम्पो वर्षं महाशैलसमानसारः। विध्वंसयामास रणे नरेन्द्र वैकर्तनः शत्रुगणावमर्दी॥