Hearing those words of his, the venerable Kuru grandsire, viz., the son of Ganga, slowly loO king at him with his eyes covered with film, and dismissing his guards and embracing Karna with one arm like a father embracing his son, thus affectionately addressed him saying.
तच्छ्रुत्वा कुरुवृद्धो हि बली संवृतलोचनः। शनैरुद्वीक्ष्य सस्नेहमिदं च रक्षिणः। पितेव पुत्रं गाड्यः परिरभ्यैकपाणिना॥