Having heard of the death of Karna the benefactor of Duryodhana, how could he, O best of the regenerate persons, hold his life, much aggrieved as he was?
स श्रुत्वा निहतं कर्णं दुर्योधनहितैषिणम्। कथं द्विजवर प्राणानधारयत दुःखितः॥