Karna, the best of kings, expert in the use of all arms, the destroyer of his foes, became the friend and counsellor of Duryodhana, Know, O king, he was born of a portion of the sun. Of that god of gods, that everlasting Being, whose name is Narayana, the powerful Vasudeva (Krishna), was a portion in the world of men.
दुर्योधनस्य सचिवं मित्रं शत्रुविनाशनम्। दिवाकरस्य तं विद्धि राजन्नशमनुत्तमम्॥ यस्तु नारायणो नाम देवदेवः सनातनः। तस्यांशो मानुष्वेसीद् वासुदेवः प्रतापवान्॥