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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 11]
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  ta evam śaṁsato dharmam 
  vacaḥ patyur acetasaḥ 
  naivāgrḥnanta sambhrāntāḥ 
  palāyana-parā nṛpa
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; te—they; evam—thus; śaṁsataḥ—praising; dharmam—the principles of religion; vacaḥ—the words; patyuḥ—of their master; acetasaḥ—their minds being very disturbed; na—not; eva—indeed; agrḥnanta—accepted; sambhrāntāḥ—fearful; palāyana-parāḥ—intent upon fleeing; nṛpa—O King.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Vṛtrāsura, the commander in chief of the demons, advised his lieutenants in the principles of religion, but the cowardly demoniac commanders, intent upon fleeing the battlefield, were so disturbed by fear that they could not accept his words.
TEXTS 2-3
विशीर्यमाणां श्रुतनामासुरीमसुरर्षभः । 
  कालानुकूलैश्विदशैः काल्यमानामनाथवत् ॥ २ ॥ 
  दृष्ट्वातप्यत संक्रुद्ध इन्द्रशत्रुरमर्षितः । 
  तान् निवार्योजसा राजन् निर्भर्त्स्येदमुवाच ह ॥ ३ ॥
viśīryamāṇām pṛtanām 
  āsurīm asurarṣabhaḥ 
  kālānukūlais tridaśaiḥ 
  kālyamāṇām anāthavat
dṛṣṭvātapyata saṅkruddha 
  indra-śatrur amarṣitaḥ 
  tān nivāryaujasā rājan 
  nirbhartsyedam uvāca ha