Brahma said I had no desire for destroying the worlds. I wanted to leave them in peace; I always desired the earth's welfare. But then anger took possession of me.
ब्रह्मोवाच संहर्तुं न च मे काम एतदेवं भवेदिति। पृथिव्या हितकामं तु ततो मां मन्युराविशत्॥