These three modes of material nature, being further manifested as matter, knowledge and activities, put the eternally transcendental living entity under conditions of cause and effect and make him responsible for such activities.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियाश्रयाः । बध्नन्ति नित्यदा मुक्तं मायिनं पुरुषं गुणाः
kāryakāraṇakartṛtve dravyajñānakriyāśrayāḥ | badhnanti nityadā muktaṃ māyinaṃ puruṣaṃ guṇāḥ
SB 2.5.19