As in days of yore, in the contest between the Devas and the Asuras, Indra rent in twain the body of the demon Vritra, so beholding the body of Karna, all cut into pieces with the inflicted through my hands, let Duryodhana today recall to mind the proposal you made, O Lordly Being, when suing for peace.
अद्य दृष्ट्वा मया कर्णं शरैर्विशकलीकृतम्। स्परता तव वाक्यानि शमं प्रति जनेश्वरः॥