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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 7]
temporary conditions;  kliśyamānasya —of one who is suffering in severe hardships;  karmabhiḥ —by his previous material activities.
TRANSLATION
My dear friends, O sons of the asuras, the living entity receives different types of bodies according to his previous fruitive activities. Thus he is seen to suffer with reference to his particular body in all conditions of life, beginning with his infusion into the womb. Please tell me, therefore, after full consideration, what is the living entity's actual interest in fruitive activities, which result in hardship and misery?
PURPORT
Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa jantur dehopapattaye.  The living entity receives a particular type of body according to his  karma , or fruitive activities. The material pleasure derived in the material world from one's particular body is based on sexual pleasure:  yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham.  The entire world is working so hard only for sexual pleasure. To enjoy sexual pleasure and maintain the status quo of material life, one must work very hard, and because of such activities, one prepares himself another material body. Prahlāda Mahārāja places this matter to his friends, the  asuras , for their consideration.  Asuras  generally cannot understand that the objects of sexual pleasure, the so-called pleasure of materialistic life, depend on extremely hard labor.
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कर्माण्यारमते देही देहेनात्मानुवर्तिना । कर्मभिस्तनुते देहमुभयं त्वविवेकतः ॥४७॥
karmāṇy ārabhate dehī dehenātmānuvartinā karmabhis tanute deham ubhayaṁ tv avivekataḥ
karmāṇi —material fruitive activities;  ārabhate —begins;  dehī —a living entity who has accepted a particular type of body;  dehena —with that