Like a burning sun shining even during the hideous hour of night. The yells of your own partisans helplessly mangled by the shafts of Karna are being incessantly heard. Karna does shoot his arrows so skillfully that no interval can be noticed between his fixing the arrow on the string and letting it off. He will surely fighting thus, extirpate all our friends. Do that now, O Dhananjaya, for compassing the slaughter of Karna, which according to your judgment should be done and for which the hour may have come." Being thus spoken to, Arjuna addressing Krishna said
निशीथे दारुणे काले तपन्तमिव भास्करम्॥ कर्णसायकनुन्नानां क्रोशतामेष निःस्वनः। अनिशं श्रूयते पार्थ त्वद्वन्धूनामनाथवत्॥ यथा विसृजतश्चास्य संदधानस्य चाशुगान्। पश्यामि नान्तरं पार्थ क्षपयिष्यति नो ध्रुवम्॥ यदत्रानन्तरं कार्य प्राप्तकालं च पश्यसि। कर्णस्य वधसंयुक्तं तत् कुरुष्व धनंजय॥ एवमुक्तो महाराज पार्थः कृष्णमथाब्रवीत्। भीतः कुन्तीसुतो राजा राधेयस्याद्य विक्रमात्॥ एवंगते प्राप्तकालं कर्णानीके पुनः पुनः।