That illuminator of the universe, Tapana (Sun) received her embraces. Thereupon was born a hero, known all over the world by the name of Karna, the foremost of all wielders of arms, encased in a natural armour, blessed with good fortune and endued with celestial beauty and all auspicious marks and with a face brightened by ear-rings.
प्रकाशकर्ता तपनः संबभूव तया सह। आमुक्तकवचः श्रीमान्देवगर्भः श्रियान्वितः॥ सहजं कवचं बिभ्रत्कुण्डलो द्योतिताननः। अजायत सुतः कर्णः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः॥