Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20


Sanskrit:

क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामुपसृष्टास्ते तं जग्धुमभिदुद्रुवु: ।मा रक्षतैनं जक्षध्वमित्यूचु: क्षुत्तृडर्दिता: ॥ २० ॥

ITRANS:

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām upasṛṣṭās tetaṁ jagdhum abhidudruvuḥmā rakṣatainaṁ jakṣadhvamity ūcuḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-arditāḥ

Translation:

Overpowered by hunger and thirst, they ran to devour Brahmā from all sides and cried, “Spare him not! Eat him up!”

Purport:

The representatives of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas still exist in some countries of the world. It is understood that such uncivilized men take pleasure in killing their own grandfathers and holding a “love feast” by roasting the bodies.