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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.32

యదా తు సర్వభూతేషు దారుష్వగ్నిమివ స్థితమ్ । ప్రతిచక్షీత మాం లోకో జహ్యాత్తర్హ్యేవ కశ్మలమ్ ॥ ౩౨ ॥
yadā tu sarva-bhūteṣu
[yadaa tu sarva-bhooteshu]
dāruṣv agnim iva sthitam
[daarushv agnim iva sthitam]
praticakṣīta māṁ loko
[pratichaksheeta maam loko]
jahyāt tarhy eva kaśmalam
[jahyaat tarhy eva kashmalam]
yadā — when tu — but sarva — all bhūteṣu — in the living entities dāruṣu — in wood agnim — fire iva — like sthitam — situated praticakṣīta — you shall see mām — Me lokaḥ — and the universe jahyāt — can give up tarhi — then at once eva — certainly kaśmalam — illusion.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadā tu sarva-bhūteṣu
yadā
when
tu
but
sarva
all
bhūteṣu
in the living entities
dāruṣv agnim iva sthitam
dāruṣu
in wood
agnim
fire
iva
like
sthitam
situated
praticakṣīta māṁ loko
praticakṣīta
you shall see
mām
Me
lokaḥ
and the universe
jahyāt tarhy eva kaśmalam
jahyāt
can give up
tarhi
then at once
eva
certainly
kaśmalam
illusion.
You will see Me in all living entities as well as all over the universe, just as fire is situated in wood. Only in that state of transcendental vision will you be able to be free from all kinds of illusion.

Brahmā prayed that he might not forget his eternal relationship with the Lord during the course of his material activities. In answer to that prayer, the Lord said that he should not think of existing without a relationship with His omnipotency. The example is given of the fire in wood. The fire kindled in wood is always the same, although the wood may be of different types. Similarly, the bodies within the material creation may be specifically different according to shape and quality, but the spirit souls within them are not different from one another. The quality of fire, warmth, is the same everywhere, and the spiritual spark, or part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, is the same in every living being; thus the potency of the Lord is distributed all over His creation. This transcendental knowledge alone can save one from the contamination of material illusion. Since the Lord’s potency is distributed everywhere, a pure soul, or devotee of the Lord, can see everything in relationship with the Lord, and therefore he has no affection for the outer coverings. That pure spiritual conception makes him immune to all contamination of material association. The pure devotee never forgets the touch of the Lord in all circumstances.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
If a person sees me situated in all beings just as fire is situated in wood, he gives up all illusion. Brahmā prayed that he would avoid all sin during creation. The Lord also guarantees this. Praticaksīta means “he should see.” Kaśmalam means illusion.
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