Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15
Sanskrit:
इति पुत्रानुरागेण स्नेहयन्त्रितचेतसा ।कालं वञ्चयता तं तमुक्तो देवस्तमैक्षत ॥ १५ ॥
ITRANS:
iti putrānurāgeṇasneha-yantrita-cetasākālaṁ vañcayatā taṁ tamukto devas tam aikṣata
Translation:
Hariścandra was certainly very much attached to his son. Because of this affection, he asked the demigod Varuṇa to wait. Thus Varuṇa waited and waited for the time to come.