Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.4
SB 3.8.4
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svam eva dhiṣṇyaṁ bahu mānayantaṁ yad vāsudevābhidham āmananti pratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣad unmīlayantaṁ vibudhodayāya
Translation
At that time Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa was meditating upon His Supreme Lord, whom the learned esteem as Lord Vāsudeva, but for the sake of the advancement of the great learned sages He slightly opened His lotus like eyes and began to speak.