Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.44
SB 3.29.44
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guṇābhimānino devāḥ sargādiṣv asya yad-bhayāt vartante 'nuyugaṁ yeṣāṁ vaśa etac carācaram
Translation
Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the directing demigods in charge of the modes of material nature carry out the functions of creation, maintenance and destruction; everything animate and inanimate within this material world is under their control.