My dear Lord, everyone in this material world is under the modes of material nature, being influenced by goodness, passion and ignorance. Everyone — from the greatest personality, Lord Brahmā, down to the small ant — works under the influence of these modes. Therefore everyone in this material world is influenced by Your energy. The cause for which they work, the place where they work, the time when they work, the matter due to which they work, the goal of life they have considered final, and the process for obtaining this goal — all are nothing but manifestations of Your energy. Indeed, since the energy and energetic are identical, all of them are but manifestations of You.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यस्मिन् यतो यर्हि येन च यस्य यस्मा- द्यस्मै यथा यदुत यस्त्वपरः परो वा । भावः करोति विकरोति पृथक्स्वभावः सञ्चोदितस्तदखिलं भवतः स्वरूपम्
yasmin yato yarhi yena ca yasya yasmā- dyasmai yathā yaduta yastvaparaḥ paro vā | bhāvaḥ karoti vikaroti pṛthaksvabhāvaḥ sañcoditastadakhilaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam
SB 7.9.20