When the most powerful Lord Brahmā saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely injured by the arrows of the demons, he pacified them by his great causeless mercy and spoke as follows.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
तांस्तथाभ्यर्दितान् वीक्ष्य भगवानात्मभूरजः । कृपया परया देव उवाच परिसान्त्वयन्
tāṃstathābhyarditān vīkṣya bhagavānātmabhūrajaḥ | kṛpayā parayā deva uvāca parisāntvayan
SB 6.7.20