Shiva Purana
और्व उवाच ॥ पृथिव्यां यदि रक्षांसि हिंस्युर्वै प्राणिनस्तदा ॥ स्वयं प्राणैर्वियुज्येयू राक्षसा बलवत्तराः ॥ १३ ॥
Aurva said:— If the Rākṣasas torture living beings on the earth they will die themselves although they are very powerful.
english translation
aurva uvAca ॥ pRthivyAM yadi rakSAMsi hiMsyurvai prANinastadA ॥ svayaM prANairviyujyeyU rAkSasA balavattarAH ॥ 13 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript