And then, O monarch, as in summer the blazing conflagration burns heaps of hay into ashes, so did Karna consume his enemies' forces, as it were, with the fire of his weapons.
ततः कर्णो महाराज ददाह रिपुवाहिनीम्॥ कक्षमिद्धो यथा वह्निर्निदाधे ज्वलितो महान्।