Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6
Sanskrit:
यो वै भारतवर्षेऽस्मिन् क्षेमाय स्वस्तये नृणाम् ।धर्मज्ञानशमोपेतमाकल्पादास्थितस्तप: ॥ ६ ॥
ITRANS:
yo vai bhārata-varṣe ’sminkṣemāya svastaye nṛṇāmdharma-jñāna-śamopetamā-kalpād āsthitas tapaḥ
Translation:
From the very beginning of Brahmā’s day Lord Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi has been undergoing austere penances in this land of Bhārata while perfectly performing religious duties and exemplifying spiritual knowledge and self-control — all for the benefit of human beings in both this world and the next.