Ramayana
सो ऽहं भगवतः श्रुत्वा देवदेवस्य निश्चयम् । आहारं गर्हितं स्वशरीरं द्विजोत्तम ॥ 7-78-21 ॥
And so, O best of the twice-born, having heard the resolve of the Lord, the God of gods, I took my own body, censured as food, for my sustenance.
english translation