The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.265.28

3.265.28

kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yattvamadyāpi mānuṣam |
āhārabhūtamasmākaṃ rāmamevānurudhyase || 28 ||

What can I do to thee that still feelest a regard for Rama who is only a human being and, therefore, our food?' Having said those words unto that lady of faultless features, the king of the Rakshasa made himself invisible then and there and went away to the place he liked. And Sita, surrounded by those Rakshasa women, and treated with tenderness by Trijata, continued to dwell there in grief."