वैशंपायन उवाच
ततः स्रस्तोत्तरपटः सप्रस्वेदः सवेपथुः ॥
विवेशाधिरथो रङ्गं यष्टिप्राणो ह्वयन्न् इव ॥
तम् आलोक्य धनुस् त्यक्त्वा पितृगौरवयन्त्रितः ॥
कर्णो ऽभिषेकार्द्रशिराः शिरसा समवन्दत ॥
ततः पादाव् अवच्छाद्य पटान्तेन ससंभ्रमः ॥
पुत्रेति परिपूर्णार्थम् अब्रवीद् रथसारथिः ॥
परिष्वज्य च तस्याथ मूर्धानं स्नेहविक्लवः ॥
अङ्गराज्याभिषेकार्द्रम् अश्रुभिः सिषिचे पुनः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tataḥ srastottarapaṭaḥ saprasvedaḥ savepathuḥ ||
viveśādhiratho raṅgaṃ yaṣṭiprāṇo hvayann iva ||
tam ālokya dhanus tyaktvā pitṛgauravayantritaḥ ||
karṇo 'bhiṣekārdraśirāḥ śirasā samavandata ||
tataḥ pādāv avacchādya paṭāntena sasaṃbhramaḥ ||
putreti paripūrṇārtham abravīd rathasārathiḥ ||
pariṣvajya ca tasyātha mūrdhānaṃ snehaviklavaḥ ||
aṅgarājyābhiṣekārdram aśrubhiḥ siṣice punaḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: "Then, with his upper garment slipping down, sweating, trembling, leaning on his staff, Adhiratha entered the arena, as though calling out to his son. Seeing him, casting aside his bow, bound by reverence for his father, Karna, his head still wet from the anointing, bowed to him with his head. And Karna, covering his father's feet with the hem of his garment, while the father, in agitation, spoke with full-hearted feeling: 'Son!' — and, embracing his head, wet from the anointing as king of Anga, melted with love, he drenched it again with tears."
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Here Karna's true nobility shows itself — in his filial reverence. It is telling that at the very moment of his triumph, anointed as king, Karna is not ashamed of his humble charioteer father at the sight of him, but casts aside his bow and bows at his feet. Here is genuine greatness of soul: not lineage but reverence for the one who raised him makes Karna noble. It is telling that scripture sets the outward (the low rank of a charioteer) against the inward (the height of love and reverence): in this moment the son of a suta stands above many kings in nobility of heart. Thus scripture, before letting Bhima demean Karna for his birth, itself exalts him for his virtue, making plain where true dignity lies.