Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11

Sanskrit:

मैत्रेय उवाचस प्रहस्य महाबाहो भगवान् शब्दगोचर: ।प्रत्याचष्टात्मभूर्देवान् प्रीणन् रुचिरया गिरा ॥ ११ ॥

ITRANS:

maitreya uvācasa prahasya mahā-bāhobhagavān śabda-gocaraḥpratyācaṣṭātma-bhūr devānprīṇan rucirayā girā

Translation:

Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Lord Brahmā, who is understood by transcendental vibration, tried to satisfy the demigods, being pleased with their words of prayer.

Purport:

Brahmā could understand the misdeeds of Diti, and therefore he smiled at the whole situation. He replied to the demigods present there in words they could understand.