The world has been seized and swallowed by the python of darkness in its horrible mouth and has become unconscious, as if dead. But mercifully glancing upon the sleeping people of the world, you raise them up with the gift of sight. Thus you are most magnanimous. At the three sacred junctures of each day, you engage the pious in the path of ultimate good, inducing them to perform religious duties that situate them in their spiritual position.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
य एवेमं लोकमतिकरालवदना- न्धकारसंज्ञाजगरग्रहगिलितं मृतकमिव विचेतनमवलोक्या- नुकम्पया परमकारुणिक ईक्षयैवोत्थाप्याहरहरनुसवनं श्रेयसि स्वधर्माख्यात्मावस्थाने प्रवर्तयति
ya evemaṃ lokamatikarālavadanā- ndhakārasaṃjñājagaragrahagilitaṃ mṛtakamiva vicetanamavalokyā- nukampayā paramakāruṇika īkṣayaivotthāpyāharaharanusavanaṃ śreyasi svadharmākhyātmāvasthāne pravartayati
SB 12.6.70