Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.21
SB 3.20.21
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devas tān āha saṁvigno mā māṁ jakṣata rakṣata aho me yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi prajā yūyaṁ babhūvitha
Translation
Brahmā, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, "Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yakṣas and Rākṣasas."