Bhagavata Purana 12.8.45
Srimad Bhagavatam · 8 · Verse 45
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Sanskrit Original
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इतीश तवात्मबन्धो मायामया: स्थितिलयोदयहेतवोऽस्य । लीला धृता यदपि सत्त्वमयी प्रशान्त्यै नान्ये नृणां व्यसनमोहभियश्च याभ्याम् ॥ ४५ ॥
sattvaṁ rajas tama itīśa tavātma-bandho māyā-mayāḥ sthiti-layodaya-hetavo ’sya līlā dhṛtā yad api sattva-mayī praśāntyai nānye nṛṇāṁ vyasana-moha-bhiyaś ca yābhyām
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O my Lord, O supreme friend of the conditioned soul, although for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world You accept the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, which constitute Your illusory potency, You specifically employ the mode of goodness to liberate the conditioned souls. The other two modes simply bring them suffering, illusion and fear.