Then the battle between those two roaring heroes, viz., Karna and that Rakshasa, commenced resembling O foremost of kings that between Shakra and Pralhada in days gone by.
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं कर्णराक्षसयोर्मधे। गर्जतो राजशार्दूल शक्रप्रहादयोरिव॥