Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20-21
Sanskrit:
न यत्र वाचो न मनो न सत्त्वंतमो रजो वा महदादयोऽमी ।न प्राणबुद्धीन्द्रियदेवता वान सन्निवेश: खलु लोककल्प: ॥ २० ॥न स्वप्नजाग्रन्न च तत् सुषुप्तंन खं जलं भूरनिलोऽग्निरर्क: ।संसुप्तवच्छून्यवदप्रतर्क्यंतन्मूलभूतं पदमामनन्ति ॥ २१ ॥
ITRANS:
na yatra vāco na mano na sattvaṁtamo rajo vā mahad-ādayo ’mīna prāṇa-buddhīndriya-devatā vāna sanniveśaḥ khalu loka-kalpaḥ
Translation:
In the unmanifest stage of material nature, called pradhāna, there is no expression of words, no mind and no manifestation of the subtle elements beginning from the mahat, nor are there the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. There is no life air or intelligence, nor any senses or demigods. There is no definite arrangement of planetary systems, nor are there present the different stages of consciousness — sleep, wakefulness and deep sleep. There is no ether, water, earth, air, fire or sun. The situation is just like that of complete sleep, or of voidness. Indeed, it is indescribable. Authorities in spiritual science explain, however, that since pradhāna is the original substance, it is the actual basis of material creation.