Markandeyapurana 2.20

2.20

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
ityevaṃ patagendreṇa proktaṃ strīsannidhau tadā /
rakṣaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaṃ pratyabhāṣata pakṣiṇam //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Addressed even thus by the king of the birds in his wife’s presence, the Rākṣasa, filled with anger, then answered the bird. “If thy brother has been slain, then have I displayed my valour; thee, too, today, will I slay with this sword, O bird. Stay a moment, thou shalt not move here alive, O vilest of birds.”