Bhagavatapurana 10.58.37

10.58.37

līlā-tanuḥ sva-kṛta-setu-parīpsayā yaḥ % kāle 'dadhat sa bhagavān mama kena tuṣyet //

by what means may that Lord be pleased with me, he who assumes a play-body from time to time / with the desire to preserve the boundaries he himself created?”