Ramayana
तत्रासुरा महाकायाश्छायां गृह्णन्ति नित्यशः । ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता दीर्घकालं बुभुक्षिताः ॥ ४-४०-३६
'Demons of huge bodies catch the shadows of passersby in that place as they have been hungry for long and have the permission of Brahma to do so. ॥ 4-40-36॥
english translation
tatrAsurA mahAkAyAzchAyAM gRhNanti nityazaH । brahmaNA samanujJAtA dIrghakAlaM bubhukSitAH ॥ 4-40-36
hk transliteration by Sanscript