Bhagavatapurana 4.6.48

4.6.48

yasmin yadā puṣkara-nābha-māyayā durantayā spṛṣṭa-dhiyaḥ pṛthag-dṛśaḥ /
kurvanti tatra hy anukampayā kṛpāṃ na sādhavo daiva-balāt kṛte kramam //

48. If at any place or time those who are deluded by the Māyā of Padmanābha (Hari) take a different (wrong) view [_i. e._ violate the righteous], they (the righteous) show them but mercy out of (pity) for such violation as is caused by the force of Providence, but they do not show their power.