Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11, Chapter 22, Text 18

SB 11.22.18

vyaktadayo vikurvana
 dhatavah puruseksaya
labdha-viryah srjanty andam
 samhatah prakrter balat
 
Translation: 
 
As the material elements, headed by the mahat-tattva, are transformed, they receive their specific potencies from the glance of the Supreme Lord, and being amalgamated by the power of nature, they create the universal egg.
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