Karna having agreed, saying let it be so, O foremost of the Shinis, the slaughter of the wielder of the Gandiva bow was ever the ruling through in Karna's mind.
तथेति च प्रतिज्ञातं कर्णेन शिनिपुङ्गव। हृदि नित्यं च कर्णस्य वधो गाण्डीवधन्वनः॥