SB 12.8.45
sattvam rajas tama itisa tavatma-bandho
maya-mayah sthiti-layodaya-hetavo ’sya
lila dhrta yad api sattva-mayi prasantyai
nanye nrnam vyasana-moha-bhiyas ca yabhyam
Translation:
O my Lord, O supreme friend of the conditioned soul, although for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world You accept the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, which constitute Your illusory potency, You specifically employ the mode of goodness to liberate the conditioned souls. The other two modes simply bring them suffering, illusion and fear.
Purport:
The words lila dhrtah indicate that the creative activities of Lord Brahma, the destructive activities of Lord Siva and the sustaining functions of Lord Visnu are all pastimes of the Absolute Truth, Lord Krsna. But ultimately only Lord Visnu can award liberation from the clutches of material illusion, as indicated by the words sattva-mayi prasantyai.
Our passionate and ignorant activities cause great suffering, illusion and fear for us and others; therefore they should be given up. One should become firmly situated in the mode of goodness and live peacefully on the spiritual platform. The essence of goodness is to renounce selfish interest in all one’s activities and thus dedicate one’s entire being to the Supreme Being, Lord Krsna, who is the source of our existence.