Ramayana
तैर्वध्यमानास्त्रिदशाः सर्षिसङ्घाः सचारणाः । त्रातारं नाधिगच्छन्ति निरयस्था यथा नराः ॥ 7-5-18 ॥
Slaughtered by them, the gods, together with the hosts of sages and the charanas, could find no protector, like men cast down into hell.
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