Bhagavatapurana 12.7.12

12.7.12

puruṣānugṛhītānām eteṣāṃ vāsanā-mayaḥ /
visargo 'yaṃ samāhāro bījād bījaṃ carācaram //

12. The creation *in detail* consists in the production of the gross, mobile and immobile, nature, which is a collection of effected things evolved out of Mahat and other principles with the dominating characteristics formed by the force of previous Karma under the gracious guidance of the Perfect Person (the Supreme Being)—the evolution being like that of a seed from a seed.