Ramayana
भरतेन वयं पश्चात्समानीता निरर्थकम् । हता हि राक्षसाः क्षिप्रं पार्थिवैः स्युर्न संशयः ॥ 7-39-4 ॥
"To no purpose have we been brought along afterward by Bharata; for the Rakshasas would surely and swiftly have been slain by us kings, there is no doubt of it."
english translation