The Epic Duel of Karna and Arjuna: The Battle of Brahmastra and Varunastra

karna forgets Brahmastra just for a while, then invokes it against Partha. Besides, Karna continues to shower arrows while trying to bring his chariot out of the earth.

Karna again invoked Brahmastra against Dhananjaya. He showered down arrows and tried to extricate his chariot. Pandava countered those weapons with his own weapons. Kounteya then released another weapon, beloved of the fire god, towards Karna. It blazed fiercely. Karna pacified the fire through a Varuna weapon. He covered all the directions with clouds and it was as dark as a rainy day. Pandaveya was not frightened. While Radheya looked on, the valiant one used the vayavya weapon and dispelled all the clouds.

Kiriti used a razor-sharp arrow that was gold-tufted and pointed. With that, he brought down Karna and countered Arjuna's arrow, presided over by Agni with Varunastra. This causes all the directions to turn dark and filled with clouds. the handsome and blazing standard of the great-souled maharatha, Adhiratha’s son. O venerable one! When that standard was uprooted, fame, dharma, victory and everything that was dear to the hearts of the Kurus also fell down. Great sounds of lamentation arose.