Bhagavatapurana 2.5.32

2.5.32

yadaite 'saṅgatā bhāvā bhūtendriyamanoguṇāḥ /
yadāyatananirmāṇe na śekurbrahmavittama //

32. So long as these things—viz., the Bhutas, (earth, water, etc.,) indriyas (the ear, the eye, etc.,) the mind and the gunas (objects) were not brought together (so as to combine), they had not the power to create the abode, (i.e. the body), O foremost one of those that know Brahman (Veda or God).