Reference for Bava Batra 7:11

לפיכך אם נפל הכותל המקום והאבנים של שניהם: פשיטא לא צריכא דנפל לרשותא דחד מינייהו אי נמי דפנינהו חד לרשותא דידיה מהו דתימא ניהוי אידך המוציא מחבירו עליו הראיה קמ"ל:

From whence do we learn that Daniel was punished? Shall I say from the verse, And Esther called to Hatach,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Esther, IV, 5. ');">¹⁹</span> who, as Rab has told us, was the same as Daniel? This is a sufficient answer if we accept the view of those who say that he was called Hatach because he was cut down [hatach] from his greatness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] to cut, this being his punishment. ');">²⁰</span>

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