Matsyapurana 146.49

146.49

dṛṣṭvā tu tāvuvācedaṃ brahmā kaśyapa eva ca
muñcainaṃ putra devendraṃ kimanena prayojanam //

On seeing the Daitya both Brahmâ and Kaśyapa spoke —"Son! release this Indra What have you to do with him? Disgrace is worse than death for an honourable man He will get his release through our intervention which will be like his death O Son! one, who gets his release through the intervention of others, bears on his head a crushing load Although alive, he is really dead on account of his being conquered The enemy ceases to be so, the moment he comes under the shelter of a magnanimous man"—49 52