Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.27.23
SB 3.27.23
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prakṛtiḥ puruṣasyeha dahyamānā tv ahar-niśam tiro-bhavitrī śanakair agner yonir ivāraṇiḥ
Translation
The influence of material nature has covered the living entity, and thus it is as if the living entity were always in a blazing fire. But by the process of seriously discharging devotional service, this influence can be removed, just as wooden sticks which cause a fire are themselves consumed by it.