Bhagavatapurana 4.7.31

4.7.31

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naitat svarūpaṃ bhavato 'sau padārtha- bheda-grahaiḥ puruṣo yāvad īkṣet /
jñānasya cārthasya guṇasya cāśrayo māyāmayād vyatirikto matas tvam //

31. Brahma said:—Thy real nature is not what man, on whom the gunas (Satva etc ), knowledge and gross objects prevail, may perceive through the senses which cognise difference between objects; for Thou art distinct from (unmixed with) the unreal phenomena of Māyā.