Bhagavatapurana 3.20.12

3.20.12

/0 maitreya uvāca
daivena durvitarkyeṇa pareṇānimiṣeṇa ca /
jāta-kṣobhād bhagavato mahān āsīd guṇa-trayāt //

12. Maitreya said:—By virtue of the Jiva's Adrishta which cannot be fully comprehended and explained, through the agency

of the Supreme Being presiding over Prakriti and by the force of Time, the Mahat Tattva was produced out of Prakriti consisting of the three gunas and thrown into agitation by an impetus from the glorious Lord.