देहादिभिर्दैवतन्त्रैरात्मन: सुखमीहत: । दु:खात्ययं चानीशस्य क्रिया मोघा: कृता: कृता: ॥ ३० ॥
dehadibhir daiva-tantrair atmanah sukham ihatah duhkhatyayam canisasya kriya moghah krtah krtah
- deha-adibhih
- with the body, mind, ego and intelligence
- daiva-tantraih
- under the control of superior power
- atmanah
- of the self
- sukham
- happiness
- ihatah
- searching after
- duhkha-atyayam
- diminution of miserable conditions
- ca
- also
- anisasya
- of the living entity fully under the control of material nature
- kriyah
- plans and activities
- moghah krtah krtah
- become baffled again and again.
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.