Text 27]
The Behavior of a Perfect Person
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manaḥ-saṁsparśajān dṛṣṭvā bhogān svapsyāmi saṁviśan
sukham —happiness;  asya —of him;  ātmanaḥ —of the living entity;  rūpam —the natural position;  sarva —all;  īha —material activities;  uparatiḥ —completely stopping;  tanuḥ —the medium of its manifestation;  manaḥ-saṁsparśa-jān —produced from demands for sense gratification;  dṛṣṭvā —after seeing;  bhogān —sense enjoyment;  svapsyāmi —I am sitting silently, thinking deeply about these material activities;  saṁviśan —entering into such activities.
TRANSLATION
The actual form of life for the living entities is one of spiritual happiness, which is real happiness. This happiness can be achieved only when one stops all materialistic activities. Material sense enjoyment is simply imagination. Therefore, considering this subject matter, I have ceased from all material activities and am lying down here.
PURPORT
The difference between the philosophy of the Māyāvādis and that of the Vaiṣṇavas is explained herein. Both the Māyāvādis and Vaiṣṇavas know that in materialistic activities there is no happiness. The Māyāvādi philosophers, therefore, adhering to the slogan  brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā , want to refrain from false, materialistic activities. They want to stop all activities and merge in the Supreme Brahman. According to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, however, if one simply ceases from materialistic activity one cannot remain inactive for very long, and therefore everyone should engage himself in spiritual activities, which will solve the problem of suffering in this material world. It is said, therefore, that although the Māyāvādi philosophers strive to refrain from materialistic activities and merge in Brahman, and although they may actually merge in the Brahman existence, for want of activity they fall down again into materialistic activity ( āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adhaḥ ). Thus the so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals