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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ
yasya —of whom;  asti —there is;  bhaktiḥ —devotional service;  bhagavati —to the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  akiñcanā —without any motive;  sarvaiḥ —with all;  guṇaiḥ —good qualities;  tatra —there (in that person);  samāsate —reside;  surāḥ —all the demigods;  harau —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  abhaktasya —of a person who is not devoted;  kutaḥ —where;  mahat-guṇāḥ —good qualities;  manorathena —by mental speculation;  asati —in the temporary material world;  dhāvataḥ —who is running;  bahiḥ —outside.
TRANSLATION
All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?
PURPORT
As explained in the next verse, Kṛṣṇa is the original source of all living entities. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.7), wherein Kṛṣṇa says:
mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six