Bhagavata Purana 8.12.10
Srimad Bhagavatam · 12 · Verse 10
Sanskrit Original
नाहं परायुर्ऋषयो न मरीचिमुख्याजानन्ति यद्विरचितं खलु सत्त्वसर्गा: । यन्मायया मुषितचेतस ईश दैत्य-मर्त्यादय: किमुत शश्वदभद्रवृत्ता: ॥ १० ॥
nāhaṁ parāyur ṛṣayo na marīci-mukhyā jānanti yad-viracitaṁ khalu sattva-sargāḥ yan-māyayā muṣita-cetasa īśa daitya- martyādayaḥ kim uta śaśvad-abhadra-vṛttāḥ
O my Lord, I, who am considered to be the best of the demigods, and Lord Brahmā and the great ṛṣis, headed by Marīci, are born of the mode of goodness. Nonetheless, we are bewildered by Your illusory energy and cannot understand what this creation is. Aside from us, what is to be said of others, like the demons and human beings, who are in the base modes of material nature [rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa]? How will they know You?