Mahabharata 3.176.37

3.176.37

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca yamajau guruvartinau |
madbāhubalasaṃstabdhau nityaṃ puruṣamāninau || 37 ||

And gifted with manliness, the twins, Nakula and Sahadeva, following their elder brother (me), and always protected by the strength of my arms, will, owing to my destruction, be depressed and deprived of their prowess, and stricken with grief. This is what I think.' In this way Vrikodara lamented profusely. And being bound by the body of the snake, he could not exert himself.