O monarch, the Kauravas, all afraid of the holder of the Gandiva, like snakes whose stock of venom has exhausted, looked up to Karna for their safety.
कुरवो हि महाराज निर्विषाः पन्नगा इष। कर्णमेवोपलीयन्त भयाद् गाण्डीवधन्वनः॥