Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.30
SB 3.31.30
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bhūtaiḥ pañcabhir ārabdhe dehe dehy abudho 'sakṛt ahaṁ mamety asad-grāhaḥ karoti kumatir matim
Translation
By such ignorance the living entity accepts the material body, which is made of five elements, as himself. With this misunderstanding, he accepts nonpermanent things as his own and increases his ignorance in the darkest region.