Bhagavatapurana 10.87.24

10.87.24

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ka iha nu veda batāvara-janma-layo 'gra-saraṃ $ yata udagād ṛṣir yam anu deva-gaṇā ubhaye &
ka iha nu veda batāvara-janma-layo 'gra-saraṃ $ yata udagād ṛṣir yam anu deva-gaṇā ubhaye &
tarhi na san na cāsad ubhayaṃ na ca kāla-javaḥ % kim api na tatra śāstram avakṛṣya śayīta yadā //

24. Who born here at a later stage and short-lived could possibly know that which was in the beginning, from which the wise Brahmā first came forth and next to him both classes of the gods (presiding over Adhyātma and Adhidaiva)? Still less, when Thou restest withdrawing everything. For then exists neither sat (gross phenomenon), nor its subtle cause (Mahat, Ahaṃ etc.,), nor their product (the body), nor the force of Time, nor the instructive Sastra, nor anything else (with which Thou couldst be known).