मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् |\nहेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ||९-१०||
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram .\nhetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate ||9-10||
Working under My direction, this material energy brings into being all animate and inanimate forms, O son of Kunti.  For this reason, the material world undergoes the changes (of creation, maintenance, and dissolution).