Both unconquerable, both destroyers of enemies and they were bent upon killing one another and showing great skill in war. Those two fighters namely Karna and the son of Pandu bravely assailed each other in that awful fight like Indra and Asura Jamba;
बुभौ जिघांसु कृतिनौ परस्परम्॥ महेन्द्रजम्भाविव कर्णपाण्डवौ।