Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1
Sanskrit:
श्रीशुक उवाचत एवं शंसतो धर्मं वच: पत्युरचेतस: ।नैवागृह्णन्त सम्भ्रान्ता: पलायनपरा नृप ॥ १ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-śuka uvācata evaṁ śaṁsato dharmaṁvacaḥ patyur acetasaḥnaivāgṛhṇanta sambhrāntāḥpalāyana-parā nṛpa
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.