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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 12]
ādau —in the creation, etc.;  na —not;  vinā —without;  yat —of whom;  anugrahāt —the mercy.
TRANSLATION
The three puruṣas— Kāraṇodakaśāyi Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyi Viṣṇu  and  Kṣīrodakaśāyi Viṣṇu —the material nature, the total material energy, the false ego, the five material elements, the material senses, the mind, the intelligence and consciousness cannot create the material manifestation without the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
As confirmed in the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa ,  parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktis tathedam akhilam jagat : whatever manifestations we experience are nothing but various energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These energies cannot create anything independently. This is also confirmed by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.10):  mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram . “This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, and it is producing all moving and unmoving living beings.” Only under the direction of the Lord, the Supreme Person, can  prakṛti , which is manifested in twenty-four elements, create different situations for the living entity. In the  Vedas  the Lord says:
madīyam mahimānam ca parabrahmeti śabditam vetsyasy anugrhītam me sampraśnair vivṛtam hṛdi
“Since everything is a manifestation of My energy, I am known as Parabrahman. Therefore everyone should hear from Me about My glorious activities.” The Lord also says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.2),  aham ādir hi devānām : “I am the origin of all the demigods.” Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of everything, and no one is independent of Him. Śrīla Madhvācārya also says,  anīśa-jīva-rūpeṇa : the living entity is  anīśa , never the controller, but is always controlled. Therefore when a living entity becomes proud of being an independent