Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.8
SB 3.26.8
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kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve kāraṇaṁ prakṛtiṁ viduḥ bhoktṛtve sukha-duḥkhānāṁ puruṣaṁ prakṛteḥ param
Translation
The cause of the conditioned soul's material body and senses, and the senses' presiding deities, the demigods, is the material nature. This is understood by learned men. The feelings of happiness and distress of the soul, who is transcendental by nature, are caused by the spirit soul himself.