My dear lord, if in some places materialists, who are already bewildered by the insurmountable illusory energy of the Supreme Godhead, sometimes commit offenses, a saintly person, with compassion, does not take this seriously. Knowing that they commit offenses because they are overpowered by the illusory energy, he does not show his prowess to counteract them.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यस्मिन् यदा पुष्करनाभमायया दुरन्तया स्पृष्टधियः पृथग्दृशः । कुर्वन्ति तत्र ह्यनुकम्पया कृपां न साधवो दैवबलात्कृते क्रमम्
yasmin yadā puṣkaranābhamāyayā durantayā spṛṣṭadhiyaḥ pṛthagdṛśaḥ | kurvanti tatra hyanukampayā kṛpāṃ na sādhavo daivabalātkṛte kramam
SB 4.6.48