O Sanjaya, how could indeed Bhima fight with Karna, that best of all warriors, that hero devoted to the Brahmana, endued with prowess and never flying away from fight.
ब्रह्मण्यं वीर्यसम्पन्नं समरेष्वनिवर्तिनम्। कथं कर्ण युधां श्रेष्ठं योधयामास पाण्डवः॥