Ramayana
दृष्ट्वैव चासुरश्रेष्ठं देवास्त्रासमुपागमन् । कथमेनं वधिष्यामः कथं न स्यात्पराजयः ॥ 7-85-12 ॥
And the very moment they saw that foremost of asuras, the gods were seized with terror: "How shall we slay him? How may there be no defeat for us?"
english translation