Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
रणे विजेतुं देवान्वै न शक्ष्यामः कथञ्चन / अयुद्धेन प्रपद्यामः शरणं काव्यमातरम्
raṇe vijetuṃ devānvai na śakṣyāmaḥ kathañcana / ayuddhena prapadyāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram
In battle we cannot, by any means, conquer the gods. Therefore, without fighting, we surrender and take refuge in the Mother of Poetry, Sarasvatī.