For your sake, O foremost of men, but victory is dependent on Destiny. O foremost of the Kurus, let all the troops today witness the horripilating and fierce encounter that shall take place between myself and Pritha's son." When Karna and the king of the Kurus were thus talking to each other on the field.
त्वदर्थे पुरुषव्याघ्र जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठितः। अद्य युद्धं कुरुश्रेष्ठ मम पार्थस्य चोभयोः॥ पश्यन्तु सर्वसैन्यानि दारुणं लोमहर्षणम्। कर्णकौरवयोरेवं रणे सम्भाषमाणयोः॥