Karna had done a great feat for defeating Partha. You frustrated the object of Ashvasena, the son of that prince of snakes (viz., Takshaka).
कुर्वाणश्चोत्तमं कर्म कर्णः पार्थजिगीषया॥ व्यंसनेनाश्वसेनस्य पन्नगेन्द्रस्य वै पुनः।