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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 12]
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ.  The actions and reactions carried out by the material nature are sometimes accepted as our scientific inventions; therefore we want to take credit for them and defy the existence of God. This is described in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.27),  ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate : due to being covered by the illusory external energy, the living entity tries to take credit for the differentiated creations within the material world. Actually all these are being created automatically by the material force set in motion by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the ultimate cause is the Supreme Person. As stated in  Brahma-saṁhitā :
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
He is the cause of all causes, the ultimate cause. In this regard Śrīla Madhvācārya says:  evaṁ sarvaṁ tathā prakṛtvayai kalpitaṁ viṣṇor anyat.   evaṁ prakṛtyādhāraḥ svayam ananyādhāro viṣṇur eva. ataḥ sarva-śabdāś ca tasminn eva.  Actually the original cause is Lord Viṣṇu, but out of ignorance people think that matter is the cause of everything.
rājā goptāśrayo bhūmiḥ śaraṇaṁ ceti laukikaḥ vyavahāro na tat satyaṁ tayor brahmāśrayo vibhuḥ
Things are contemplated on the ephemeral or external platform, but actually this is not the truth. The actual protector and shelter of everyone is Brahman, the Supreme, not the king.
goptrī ca tasya prakṛtis tasyā viṣṇuḥ svayaṁ prabhuḥ tava goptrī tu pṛthivī na tvaṁ goptā kṣiteḥ smṛtaḥ
ataḥ sarvāśrayaiś caiva goptā ca harir īśvaraḥ