Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14


Sanskrit:

न जातु काम: कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति ।हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāṁyatihaviṣā kṛṣṇa-vartmevabhūya evābhivardhate

Translation:

As supplying butter to a fire does not diminish the fire but instead increases it more and more, the endeavor to stop lusty desires by continual enjoyment can never be successful. [In fact, one must voluntarily cease from material desires.]

Purport:

One may have enough money and enough resources to satisfy the senses but still not be satisfied, for the endeavor to stop lusty desires by enjoying can never be successful. The example given here is very appropriate. One cannot stop a blazing fire by trying to extinguish it with butter.