My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himālayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
प्रायेण देव मुनयः स्वविमुक्तिकामाः मौनं चरन्ति विजने न परार्थनिष्ठाः । नैतान्विहाय कृपणान्विमुमुक्ष एको नान्यं त्वदस्य शरणं भ्रमतोऽनुपश्ये
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ svavimuktikāmāḥ maunaṃ caranti vijane na parārthaniṣṭhāḥ | naitānvihāya kṛpaṇānvimumukṣa eko nānyaṃ tvadasya śaraṇaṃ bhramato'nupaśye
SB 7.9.44