O great sage, kindly narrate how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the independent, desireless Lord of the three worlds and the controller of all energies, accepts incarnations and creates the cosmic manifestation with perfectly arranged regulative principles for its maintenance.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
करोति कर्माणि कृतावतारो यान्यात्मतन्त्रो भगवांस्त्र्यधीशः । यथा ससर्जाग्र इदं निरीहः संस्थाप्य वृत्तिं जगतो विधत्ते
karoti karmāṇi kṛtāvatāro yānyātmatantro bhagavāṃstryadhīśaḥ | yathā sasarjāgra idaṃ nirīhaḥ saṃsthāpya vṛttiṃ jagato vidhatte
SB 3.5.5