Mahabharata 1.178.18

1.178.18

tasmiṃstu saṃbhrāntajane samāje nikṣiptavādeṣu narādhipeṣu |
kuntīsuto jiṣṇuriyeṣa kartuṃ sajyaṃ dhanustatsaśaraṃ sa vīraḥ || 18 ||

Then when all those Kshatriyas gave up the task, the heroic king of the [paragraph continues] Chedis--mighty as Yama (Pluto) himself--the illustrious and determined Sisupala, the son of Damaghosa, in endeavouring to string the bow, himself fell upon his knees on the ground. Then king Jarasandha endued with great strength and powers, approaching the bow stood there for some moment, fixed and motionless like a mountain. Tossed by the bow, he too fell upon his knees on the ground, and rising up, the monarch left the amphitheatre for (returning to) his kingdom. Then the great hero Salya, the king of Madra, endued with great strength, in endeavouring to string the bow fell upon his knees on the ground. At last when in that assemblage consisting of highly respectable people, all the monarchs had become subjects of derisive talk that foremost of heroes--Jishnu, the son of Kunti--desired to string the bow and placed the arrows on the bow-string.'"