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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 10]
na —never;  asya —of the creation;  karmaṇi —in the matter of;  janma-ādau —creation and destruction;  parasya —of the Supreme;  anuvidhīyate —it is so described;  kartṛtva —engineering;  pratiṣedha-artham —counteract;  māyayā —by the external energy;  āropitam —is manifested;  hi —for;  tat —the creator.
TRANSLATION
There is no direct engineering by the Lord for the creation and destruction of the material world. What is described in the Vedas about His direct interference is simply to counteract the idea that material nature is the creator.
PURPORT
The Vedic direction for creation, maintenance and destruction of the material world is this: “ yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante yena jātāni jīvanti yat prayanty abhisamviśanti ,” i.e. everything is created by Brahman, and after creation everything is maintained by Brahman, and after annihilation everything is conserved in Brahman. Gross materialists without any knowledge of Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān conclude material nature to be the ultimate cause of the material manifestation, and the modern scientist also shares this view that material nature is the ultimate cause of all manifestations of the material world. This view is refuted by all Vedic literature. The  Vedānta  philosophy mentions that Brahman is the fountainhead of all creation, maintenance and destruction, and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the natural commentation on the  Vedānta  philosophy, says, “ janmādy asya yato ’nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ ,” etc.
Inert matter is potential energy undoubtedly by interactions, but it has no initiative of its own.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  therefore comments on the aphorism of  janmādyasya  as  abhijñaḥ  and  svarāṭ , i.e. the Supreme Brahman is not inert matter, but He is supreme consciousness and is independent. Therefore inert matter cannot be the ultimate cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material world. Superficially it appears that the material nature is the cause of creation, maintenance and destruction, but material nature is set into motion for creation by the supreme conscious being, the Personality of Godhead. He is the background of all creation, maintenance and destruction, and this is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā :
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate.  (Bg. 9.10)