Fight ye with faces turned towards

every direction. Behold now the high-souled Karna, the son of Vikartana, that gr
eat bowman of
mighty strength, careering in battle, using his celestial weapons! Through fear
of that warrior in
battle, that coward, viz., Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, always turns back like
a small deer at the
sight of a lion! It is he who, by the ordinary methods of human battle, brought
the mighty
Bhimasena endued with the strength of ten thousand elephants to that plight! It
is he who,
uttering a loud roar, slew with his invincible dart the brave Ghatotkacha of a t
housand illusions
and well-acquainted with celestial weapons! Behold to-day the inexhaustible migh
t of arms of
that intelligent warrior of sure aim and invincible energy! Let the sons of Pand
u behold to-day
the prowess of both Aswatthaman and Karna resembling that of Vishnu and Vasava!
All of you
are singly able to slay the sons of Pandu with their troops in battle! How much
more then are you
capable, when united together, of that feat! Endued with great energy and accomp
lished in
weapons, you will to-day behold one another engaged in the achievement of mighty
tasks!
Sanjaya continued, Having said these words, O sinless one, thy son Duryodhana, wit
h
his brothers, made Karna the generalissimo (of the Kuru army). Obtaining the com
mand, the
mighty car-warrior Karna, so fierce in battle, uttered loud roars and fought wit
h the foe. He
caused, O sire, a great carnage among the Srinjayas, the Panchalas, the Kekayas,
and the
Videhas. From his bow issued innumerable lines of arrows, one close behind the w
ings of
another, like flights of bees. Having afflicted the Panchalas and the Pandavas e
ndued with great
activity, and slain thousands of warriors, he was at last slain by Arjuna!