Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.23
SB 2.5.23
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mahatas tu vikurvāṇād rajaḥ-sattvopabṛṁhitāt tamaḥ-pradhānas tv abhavad dravya-jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ
Translation
Material activities are caused by the mahat—tattva's being agitated. At first there is transformation of the modes of goodness and passion, and later—due to the mode of ignorance-matter, its knowledge, and different activities of material knowledge come into play.