Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.5
SB 3.12.5
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tān babhāṣe svabhūḥ putrān prajāḥ sṛjata putrakāḥ tan naicchan mokṣa-dharmāṇo vāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥ
Translation
Brahmā spoke to his sons after generating them. "My dear sons," he said, "now generate progeny." But due to their being attached to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they aimed at liberation, and therefore they expressed their unwillingness.