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Bhagavata Purana 7.7.42

Srimad Bhagavatam · 7 · Verse 42

bhagavata-puranaskandha-7adhyaya-7

Sanskrit Original

सुखाय दु:खमोक्षाय सङ्कल्प इह कर्मिण: । सदाप्नोतीहया दु:खमनीहाया: सुखावृत: ॥ ४२ ॥

sukhāya duḥkha-mokṣāya saṅkalpa iha karmiṇaḥ sadāpnotīhayā duḥkham anīhāyāḥ sukhāvṛtaḥ

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In this material world, every materialist desires to achieve happiness and diminish his distress, and therefore he acts accordingly. Actually, however, one is happy as long as one does not endeavor for happiness; as soon as one begins his activities for happiness, his conditions of distress begin.