Sanjaya said Hearing those words of Karna who was delighted at the prospect of the battle, the powerful king of Madras laughed him and said the following to check him.
संजय उवाच स्तदुत निशम्यवचः स मद्रराट्। अवहमदवपन्य वीर्यवान् प्रतिषिषिधे च जगाद चोत्तरम्॥