Bhagavatapurana 3.18.10

3.18.10

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
satyaṃ vayaṃ bho vana-gocarā mṛgā yuṣmad-vidhān mṛgaye grāma-siṃhān /
na mṛtyu-pāśaiḥ pratimuktasya vīrā vikatthanaṃ tava gṛhṇanty abhadra //

10. The Lord said: True, we are brutes of the forest and I am in search of domestic lions like you; warriors, O inauspicious one, are not gratified with thy brag and thou art fast bound with the cords of Death.