Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.1
SB 3.6.1
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ṛṣir uvāca iti tāsāṁ sva-śaktīnāṁ satīnām asametya saḥ prasupta-loka-tantrāṇāṁ niśāmya gatim īśvaraḥ
Translation
The Ṛṣi Maitreya said: The Lord thus heard about the suspension of the progressive creative functions of the universe due to the noncombination of His potencies, such as the mahat-tattva.