Bhishma said-That person, who does not yield to the power of a powerful foe who has grown and who is competent to imprison or kill, soon meets with ruin.
भीष्म उवाच यो हि शत्रोविवृद्धस्य प्रभोर्बन्धविनाशने। पूर्वं न सहते वेगं क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति॥