From Bhagavad Gita:

 

"I am the birth of this cosmos, its dissolution also.
I am He who causes, no other beside me.
Upon me these worlds are held
Like pearls strung on a string.

These my wandering creatures are always within me.
These, when the round of ages is accomplished,
I gather back to the seed of their becoming:
These I send forth again at the hour of creation.

Helpless all, for Maya (delusion) is their master
And I, their Lord, the master of Maya:
Ever and again, I send these multitudes forth from my being."