Mahabharata 4.36.16

4.36.16

so'hameko bahūnbālaḥ kṛtāstrānakṛtaśramaḥ |
pratiyoddhuṃ na śakṣyāmi nivartasva bṛhannaḍe || 16 ||

"Vaisampayana continued, 'And the low-minded and foolish Uttara out of folly alone, began to bewail (his fate) in the presence of the high-spirited (Arjuna) disguised (as his charioteer) in these words, 'My father hath gone out to meet the Trigartas taking with him his whole army, leaving me in the empty city. There are no troops to assist me. Alone and a mere boy who has not undergone much exercise in arms, I am unable to encounter these innumerable warriors and all skilled in weapons. Do thou, therefore, O Vrihannala, cease to advance!'