Bhagavad Gita 13.20
Know further that Nature and God have no beginning, and that differences in character and quality originate from Nature only.
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्॥prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi|vikārāṃśca guṇāṃścaiva viddhi prakṛtisaṃbhavān||
English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).