Mahabharata 3.21.19

साम्बप्रभृतयश्चैवेत्यहमासं सुदुर्मना: । एतेषु हि नरव्याप्र जीवत्सु न कथंचन

sāmbaprabhṛtayaś caivety aham āsaṃ sudurmanāḥ | eteṣu hi naravyāghra jīvatsu na kathaṃcana, kṣā śatruhantā mahābalī balarāmajī jīvitaḥ? kṣā sātyaki, rukmiṇīnandana pradyumna, mahābalī cārudeṣṇa tathā sāmba ādi jīvana dhārayante? in bātoṃ kā vicāra karate-karate merā mana bahut udāsa ho gayā | naraśreṣṭha! in vīroṃ ke jīte-jī sākṣāt indra bhī mere pitā vasudevajī ko kisī prakāra mār nahīṃ sakate the | avaśya hī śūranandana vasudevajī māre gaye aur yah bhī spaṣṭ hai ki balarāmajī ādi sabhī pramukha vīra prāṇatyāga kar chuke haiṃ—yah merā niścita vicāra ho gayā | mahārāja! is prakāra sabake vināśa kā bārambār cintana karake bhī maiṃ vyākula na hokar rājā śālv se punaḥ yuddha karane lagā