The beautiful Personality of Godhead addressed Lord Brahmā: O Brahmā, impregnated with the Vedas, I am very much pleased with your long-accumulated penance with the desire for creation. Hardly am I pleased with the pseudo mystics.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
वरं वरय भद्रं ते वरेशं माभिवाञ्छितम् । ब्रह्मञ्छ्रेयःपरिश्रामः पुंसो मद्दर्शनावधिः
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te vareśaṃ mābhivāñchitam | brahmañchreyaḥpariśrāmaḥ puṃso maddarśanāvadhiḥ
SB 2.9.20