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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 87: Verses 26-29
All this(objective) universe, consisting of the three Gunas (modes of Prakrti)---which is a projection of the mind (alone)-including the Jiva (which is referred to as the self), though unreal, appears as real (because of its) being superimposed on You. The knowers of the Self (however) recognize this entire universe (both subjective and objective) to be real because of its (being a projection of) their (very) self. Just as those in quest of gold do not reject its modification (in the shape of gold ornaments) because of its being gold itself, so is this universe (both in its subjective and objective aspects) concluded (by such knowers of the Atma) to be their very self inasmuch as it is evolved and interpenetrated (too) by the Atma.They alone who worship You as the Indweller of all created beings take no account, and set their foot on the head of, Death. You keep bound (on the other hand) with the word of God (in the form of the Vedas) as (so many) beasts (with a rope) even the so-called wise (to their respective duties). Indeed they who have cultivated love for You (are able to) purify themselves as well as others; (but) not so they who have turned their face away from You. Though devoid of organs (of sense etc., in Your formless aspect). You wield the powers of all the organs, self-dependent as You are (and hence requiring no such instruments).
As the rulers of subcontinents bear tribute to the suzerain Lord of the entire globe and (at the same time) unreservedly enjoy the tribute collected from their own people, so do Brahma and others (the creators of the universe) as well as the (other) divinities (guardians of the various spheres, and those presiding over the ten Indriyas and mind etc.) united as they are with Maya (which has no beginning), bear tribute to You and gladly partake of the oblations offered by human beings (through the sacrificial fire). Afraid of You, they do that work to which they have been appointed (by You). (This is the form of tribute they bear to You). When, 0 Lord who are eternally free, the desire to sport with Maya (which has no beginning) appears in You, who are beyond that Maya, (the countless) species of mobile and immobile creatures, endowed with a subtle body made up of the latencies of their Karmas and brought into existence by Your very look, come into being. To You, who are untainted like the sky and bear resemblance to the void (in point of subtleness) and are supreme (in every respect), none is kindred or alien (so that the disparity among created beings is traceable to the divergence of their Karma and not to any partiality in You) .
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