Mudgalapurana 4.17.9

4.17.9

yatra tatra gṛhānteṣu ceruste śalabhādayaḥ |
aśaktaḥ sa vane gatvā babhūva ha suduḥkhitaḥ ||

Here and there inside the houses, those locusts and other pests roamed; / powerless, he went into the forest and became deeply sorrowful.