Bhagavatapurana 10.87.30

10.87.30

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aparimitā dhruvās tanu-bhṛto yadi sarva-gatās $ tarhi na śāsyateti niyamo dhrava netarathā &
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30. If all the jivas be numerically infinite and eternally real existences and all-pervading, O eternal Lord, that they are ruled by Thee or that Thou rulest them cannot be true, because they, being like Thee eternal and equal, may not be subject to control: on the other hand, control is possible only when they are limited (conditioned) beings. That which originates anything is necessarily a controller of the latter of which it forms a part as the cause and that controlling power is known to those who think that it is not known, for everything created is said to be a defective existence.