Mahabharata 11.21.1

अत---#क+ एकविशोड< ध्याय: गान्धारीके द्वारा कर्णको देखकर उसके शौर्य तथा उसकी स्त्रीके विलापका श्रीकृष्णके सम्मुख वर्णन गान्धायुवाच एष वैकर्तन: शेते महेष्वासो महारथ: । ज्वलितानलवत्‌ संख्ये संशान्त: पार्थतेजसा

vaiśampāyana uvāca | eṣa vaikartanaḥ śete maheṣvāso mahārathaḥ | jvalitānalavat saṅkhye saṃśāntaḥ pārthatejasā ||

Vaiśampāyana said: “Here lies Vaikartana (Karna), a great archer and a foremost chariot-warrior. In the press of battle he blazed like a flaming fire, yet now he has been stilled—his ardor quenched by the splendor and might of Pārtha (Arjuna).”