Bhagavatapurana 4.8.24

4.8.24

/0 maitreya uvāca
evaṃ sañjalpitaṃ mātur ākarṇyārthāgamaṃ vacaḥ /
sanniyamyātmanātmānaṃ niścakrāma pituḥ purāt //

24. Maitreya said:—On hearing the words thus spoken out of grief by his mother—the words which pointed to the source of (the highest) purpose, he controlled his mind by (the force of) his will and departed from the city of his father.