Markandeyapurana 46.5

46.5

tadā tamaśca sattvañca samatvena vyavasthitau /
anudriktāvanūnau ca tatprotau ca parasparam //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
When all this universe becomes dissolved in Nature,[1] this dissolution is designated ‘natural’[2] by the wise. When the Imperceptible subsists within itself, and when all modification is suspended, Nature and the Soul[3] subsist with sameness of character. Then both darkness and goodness subsist in equipoise, neither being in excess or in deficiency, and permeated by each other. Just as oil exists in sesamum seeds, or as ghee in milk, so passion also exists permeant within darkness and goodness.