Ramayana
हन्यमाने बले तस्मिन्पद्मनाभेन पृष्ठतः । माल्वान्सन्निवृत्तो ऽथ वेलामेत्य इवार्णवः ॥ 7-8-1 ॥
When that army was being slaughtered from behind by Padmanabha (the lotus-naveled Vishnu), Malyavan thereupon turned back and stood firm, like the ocean recoiling on reaching the shore.
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