Vaishampayana said : Thus addressed, Karna's face was flushed! with the blushes of shame and it looked like the pale lotus torn and disfigured by the showers of rains.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्य कर्णस्य व्रीडावनतमाननम्। बभौ वर्षाम्बुविक्लिन्नं पद्ममागलितं यथा॥