Then said these words addressing his brother Dushasana 'Look to it O Dushasana, that all my retinue may without delay be dressed and ready'. Having thus spoken, O king, to Dushasana, that ruler of men addressed Karna saying:
अनुयात्रं यथा सर्वं सज्जीभवति सर्वशः। दुःशासन तथा क्षिप्रं सर्वमेवोपपादय॥ एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन् कर्णमाह जनेश्वरः। अनुमान्य रणे भीष्ममेषोऽहं द्विपदां वरम्॥