Bhagavatapurana 5.10.22

5.10.22

sthāly-agni-tāpāt payaso 'bhitāpas tat-tāpatas taṇḍula-garbha-randhiḥ /
dehendriyāsvāśaya-sannikarṣāt tat-saṃsṛtiḥ puruṣasyānurodhāt //

22. “The heat of fire applied to the vessel leads to the heat of the water and that heat leads to the softening action on the inmost particles of rice; so the state of Samsara accrues to Jiva through the relation of the body, of the senses, the breaths, and the mind, the states of the environments affecting one another.