The intelligent Karna, with joined palms then replied to his trembling mother, saying,-'If I get your four other sons even under my power, I will not kill them.
सोऽब्रवीन्मातरं धीमान् वेपमानां कृताञ्जलिः॥ प्राप्तान् विषह्यांश्चतुरो न हनिष्यामि ते सुतान्।