Bhagavatapurana 5.4.1

5.4.1

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atha ha tam utpattyaivābhivyajyamāna-bhagaval-lakṣaṇaṃ sāmyopaśama-vairāgyaiśvarya-mahā-vibhūtibhir anudinam edhamānānubhāvaṃ prakṛtayaḥ prajā brāhmaṇā devatāś cāvani-tala-samavanāyātitarāṃ jagṛdhuḥ //

1. Now the Lord who had so revealed Himself, in whom the special marks of the Supreme Deity were manifest from the very moment of appearance, whose greatness was every day seen to get enhanced by the qualities of equality, tranquility, self-denial, majesty, and great powers, the ministers, subjects, Brahmanas, and the gods eagerly wished that He may become the protector of the earth.