प्रकृति: पुरुषस्येह दह्यमाना त्वहर्निशम् । तिरोभवित्री शनकैरग्नेर्योनिरिवारणि: ॥ २३ ॥
prakrtih purusasyeha dahyamana tv ahar-nisam tiro-bhavitri sanakair agner yonir ivaranih
- prakrtih
- the influence of material nature
- purusasya
- of the living entity
- iha
- here
- dahyamana
- being consumed
- tu
- but
- ahah-nisam
- day and night
- tirah-bhavitri
- disappearing
- sanakaih
- gradually
- agneh
- of fire
- yonih
- the cause of appearance
- iva
- as
- aranih
- wooden sticks.
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.