Markandeyapurana 2.21

2.21

yadi te nihato bhrātā pauruṣaṃ taddhi darśitam /
tvāmapyadya haniṣye 'haṃ khaḍgenānena khecara //

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.”