Bhagavatapurana 12.8.45

12.8.45

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sattvaṃ rajas tama itīśa tavātma-bandho $ māyā-mayāḥ sthiti-layodaya-hetavo 'sya &
sattvaṃ rajas tama itīśa tavātma-bandho $ māyā-mayāḥ sthiti-layodaya-hetavo 'sya &
līlā dhṛtā yad api sattva-mayī praśāntyai % nānye nṛṇāṃ vyasana-moha-bhiyaś ca yābhyām //

45. O Almighty Ruler, Friend of Atman, though these products of Maya, viz., Satva, Rajas and Tamas, the causes of the subsistence, destruction and origination of this world are of Thine own creation; and Thou Thyself exhibitest these sportful activities; Thy manifestation through Satva tends to Moksha, but not the other two (as

Brahma or Rudra) by which men may be subject to troubles and anxieties, wrong notions and fears.