Varaha Purana 24.21

ब्रह्मोवाच । यदि नाम मया सृष्टा भवन्तः कुटिलाशयाः । ततः किं मनुजान् नित्यं भक्षयध्वं गतव्यथाः ॥ २४.२१ ॥

brahmovāca | yadi nāma mayā sṛṣṭā bhavantaḥ kuṭilāśayāḥ | tataḥ kiṃ manujān nityaṃ bhakṣayadhvaṃ gatavyathāḥ || 24.21 ||

Brahmā said: “Even if it is true that you were created by me with crooked intentions, what follows from that? Why do you continually devour human beings, acting as though free from distress and consequence?”},{