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The Behavior of a Perfect Person
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duḥkhātyayam cānīśasya kriyā moghāḥ kṛtāḥ kṛtāḥ
deha-ādibhiḥ —with the body, mind, ego and intelligence;  daiva-tantraiḥ —under the control of superior power;  ātmanaḥ —of the self;  sukham —happiness;  īhataḥ —searching after;  duḥkha-atyayam —diminution of miserable conditions;  ca —also;  anīśasya —of the living entity fully under the control of material nature;  kriyāḥ —plans and activities;  moghāḥ kṛtāḥ kṛtāḥ —become baffled again and again.
TRANSLATION
The living entity tries to achieve happiness and rid himself of the causes of distress, but because the various bodies of the living entities are under the full control of material nature, all his plans in different bodies, one after another, are ultimately baffled.
PURPORT
Because the materialist is in gross ignorance of how the laws of material nature act upon him as a result of his fruitive activity, he mistakenly plans to enjoy bodily comfort in the human form of life through so-called economic development, through pious activities for elevation to the higher planetary systems, and in many other ways, but factually he becomes a victim of the reactions of his fruitive activities. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated as the Supersoul within the cores of the hearts of all living entities. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15):
sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣto mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” The desires and activities of the living being are observed by the Supersoul, who is the  upadraṣṭā , the overseer, and who orders material nature to fulfill the various desires of the living being. As clearly stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.61):