Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.28
SB 3.5.28
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so 'py aṁśa-guṇa-kālātmā bhagavad-dṛṣṭi-gocaraḥ ātmānaṁ vyakarod ātmā viśvasyāsya sisṛkṣayā
Translation
Thereafter the mahat-tattva differentiated itself into many different forms as the reservoir of the would-be entities. The mahat-tattva is chiefly in the mode of ignorance, and it generates the false ego. It is a plenary expansion of the Personality of Godhead, with full consciousness of creative principles and time for fructification.