Dear Lord, unless one worships the lotus feet of great devotees, one will be conquered by the illusory energy, and his intelligence will be bewildered. Indeed, who has not been carried away by the waves of material enjoyment, which are like poison? Your illusory energy is unconquerable. No one can see the path of this material energy or tell how it is working.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
को वा इह तेऽपराजितोऽपराजितया मायया- नवसितपदव्यानावृतमतिर्विषयविषरयानावृत- प्रकृतिरनुपासितमहच्चरणः
ko vā iha te'parājito'parājitayā māyayā- navasitapadavyānāvṛtamatirviṣayaviṣarayānāvṛta- prakṛtiranupāsitamahaccaraṇaḥ
SB 5.3.14