Then mounting on his excellent car adorned with gold and gems, he began to roar like a lion. Thereafter approaching Vikartana's son Karna he pierced him with arrows resembling the bolt of Heaven itself,
आस्थाय तं काञ्चनरत्नचित्रं रथोत्तमं सिंहवत् संननादा वैकर्तनं कर्णमुपेत्य चापि विव्याध वज्रप्रतिमैः पृषत्कैः॥