Bhagavatapurana 10.60.38

10.60.38

teṣāṃ vibho samucito bhavataḥ samājaḥ % puṃsaḥ striyāś ca ratayoḥ sukha-duḥkhinor na //

for them, O all-pervading one, union with you is appropriate, but not for a man and a woman whose attachments are centered on pleasure and pain.

10.60.38.p2

tvaṃ nyasta-daṇḍa-munibhir gaditānubhāva $ ātmātma-daś ca jagatām iti me vṛto 'si &

You, whose majesty is celebrated by sages who have laid aside the staff [of renunciation], who are the Self and the giver of the Self to the worlds, were chosen by me,

39. Thou art of that supreme glory which is described by sages of perfect self-discipline. Thou art the most beloved thing, being Atman; so by me Thou hast been chosen as the one that bestows Atman on the devotees when Brahma, Rudra and Indra whose fortune and blessings are terminated by the force of

10.60.38.p3

tvaṃ nyasta-daṇḍa-munibhir gaditānubhāva $ ātmātma-daś ca jagatām iti me vṛto 'si &

You, whose majesty is celebrated by sages who have laid aside the staff [of renunciation], who are the Self and the giver of the Self to the worlds, were chosen by me,