Bhagavatapurana 11.23.44

11.23.44

anīha ātmā manasā samīhatā hiraṇ-mayo mat-sakha udvicaṣṭe /
manaḥ sva-liṅgaṃ parigṛhya kāmān juṣan nibaddho guṇa-saṅgato 'sau //

45. Paramatman is inactive though, as the director, present with the Jiva who actively works with the mind, because He is perfect in the power of wisdom and as my friend and director He sees everything in His unclouded light; but the Jiva taking this mind to be his own self, resorts to the objects and through its (mind's) active qualities, remains in mundane bondage.