Matsyapurana 25.35

25.35

vyaktaṃ hato dhṛto vāpi kacastāta bhaviṣyati
taṃ vinā naiva jīvāmi vacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmyaham //

“Sire, you have finished your Agnihotra, the sun has descended below the horizon, these cows are without their keeper, and Kacha is nowhere visible to-day. Undoubtedly Kacha has been either killed or captured and if this be the case I say truly I cannot live without him.”—33-35.