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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 1
TEXT 41
येन स्वधाम्न्यमी भावा रजःसच्चतमोमयाः । 
    गुणनामकियारूपैर्विभाव्यन्ते यथातथम् ॥४१॥
yena svadhāmny amī bhāvā 
    rajaḥ-sattva-tamomayāḥ 
    guṇa-nāma-kriyā-rūpair 
    vibhāvyante yathā-tatham
yena —by whom (Nārāyaṇa);  sva-dhāmni —although in His own place, the spiritual world;  amī —all these;  bhāvāḥ —manifestations;  rajaḥ-sattva-tamaḥ-mayāḥ —created by the three modes of material nature (passion, goodness and ignorance);  guṇa —qualities;  nāma —names;  kriyā —activities;  rūpaiḥ —and with forms;  vibhāvyante —are variously manifested;  yathā-tatham —exactly to the right point.
TRANSLATION
The supreme cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, is situated in His own abode in the spiritual world, but nevertheless He controls the entire cosmic manifestation according to the three modes of material nature— sattva-guṇa ,  rajo-guṇa  and  tamo-guṇa . In this way all living entities are awarded different qualities, different names [such as  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya  and  vaiśya ], different duties according to the  varṇāśrama  institution, and different forms. Thus Nārāyaṇa is the cause of the entire cosmic manifestation.
PURPORT
The  Vedas  inform us:
na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate 
    na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate 
    parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate 
    svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca
(Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8)
Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is almighty, omnipotent. He has multifarious energies, and therefore He is able to remain in His