You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the transcendental entity who is superior to both material nature and the enjoyer of nature. May Your lotus feet bestow transcendental pleasure upon us. All of the great demigods, beginning with Brahmā, are embodied living entities. Struggling painfully with one another under the strict control of Your time factor, they are just like bulls dragged by ropes tied through their pierced noses.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
नस्योतगाव इव यस्य वशे भवन्ति ब्रह्मादयस्तनुभृतो मिथुरर्द्यमानाः । कालस्य ते प्रकृतिपूरुषयोः परस्य शं नस्तनोतु चरणः पुरुषोत्तमस्य
nasyotagāva iva yasya vaśe bhavanti brahmādayastanubhṛto mithurardyamānāḥ | kālasya te prakṛtipūruṣayoḥ parasya śaṃ nastanotu caraṇaḥ puruṣottamasya
SB 11.6.14