Bhagavatapurana 5.1.6

5.1.6

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yarhi vāva ha rājan sa rāja-putraḥ priyavrataḥ parama-bhāgavato nāradasya caraṇopasevayāñjasāvagata-paramārtha-satattvo brahma-satreṇa dīkṣiṣyamāṇo 'vani-tala-paripālanāyāmnāta-pravara-guṇa-gaṇaikānta-bhājanatayā sva-pitropāmantrito bhagavati vāsudeva evāvyavadhāna-samādhi-yogena samāveśita-sakala-kāraka-kriyā-kalāpo naivābhyanandad yadyapi tad apratyāmnātavyaṃ tad-adhikaraṇa ātmano 'nyasmād asato 'pi parābhavam anvīkṣamāṇaḥ //

6. When indeed that prince, Priyavrata, foremost among the devout, had obtained full light of truth by worshipping Narada's feet, and was intent on devoting his life to the contemplation of the Supreme Being; and when, as the sole abode of all the world he was called upon by his father (to assume the reins of government), he could not refuse it, though he did not welcome it; for he had directed all his senses and resigned their functions to the glorious Vasudeva in uninterrupted meditation and saw that in that office there would be serious interruption to his course even from the baseless world.