Lord Manu said: The supreme living being has created this material world of animation; it is not that He was created by this material world. When everything is silent, the Supreme Being stays awake as a witness. The living entity does not know Him, but He knows everything.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
मनुरुवाच । येन चेतयते विश्वं विश्वं चेतयते न यम् । यो जागर्ति शयानेऽस्मिन्नायं तं वेद वेद सः
manuruvāca | yena cetayate viśvaṃ viśvaṃ cetayate na yam | yo jāgarti śayāne'sminnāyaṃ taṃ veda veda saḥ
SB 8.1.9