On account of a Brahmana's curse, as also of the curse of the great Rama, of the boon granted to Kunti and the illusion practised on him by Indra, of his being belittled by Bhishma as only half-a car-warrior, behind Rathas and Atirathas, of the destruction of his energy caused by Shalya, of Vasudeva's policy, and, lastly, of the celestial weapons acquired by Arjuna from Rudra and Indra and Yama and Varuna and Kuvera and Drona and the illustrious Kripa, Arjuna succeeded in killing. Vikartana's son Karna of solar effulgence.
ब्राह्मणस्याभिशापेन रामस्य च महात्मनः। कुन्त्याच वरदानेन मायया च शतक्रतोः॥ भीष्मावमानात् संख्यायां रथस्यार्धानुकीर्तनात्। शल्यात् तेजोवधाच्चापि वासुदेवनयेन च॥॥ रुद्रस्य देवराजस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च। कुबेरद्रोणयोश्चैव कृपस्य च पहात्मनः॥ अस्त्राणि दिव्यान्यादाय युधि गाण्डीवधन्वना। हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णो दिवाकरसमद्युतिः॥