Persons who do not take shelter of the One without a second, the Supreme Lord, simply loiter in the world of birth and death —
łO Lord, Soul of all souls, the conditioned soul sees this universe as separate from You, and thinks it is meant for his sense enjoyment. But this is only a creation of Your deluding potency (maya). As long as the living being clings to such an illusory separate interest, he does not give up the miserable world of action and reaction, birth and death, despite its utter meaninglessness.˛

From 'Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamritam'