prathamei

at the beginning — Madhya 7.112

from the very beginning — Madhya 19.161

in the beginning — Ādi 10.34, Madhya 12.72, Madhya 17.16, Madhya 20.165, Madhya 20.250

in the first instance — Madhya 11.15, Madhya 12.95

kill them in the beginning — Madhya 24.247