Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10

Sanskrit:

दैवाधीने शरीरेऽस्मिन् गुणभाव्येन कर्मणा ।वर्तमानोऽबुधस्तत्र कर्तास्मीति निबध्यते ॥ १० ॥

ITRANS:

daivādhīne śarīre ’sminguṇa-bhāvyena karmaṇāvartamāno ’budhas tatrakartāsmīti nibadhyate

Translation:

An unintelligent person situated within the body created by his previous fruitive activities thinks, “I am the performer of action.” Bewildered by false ego, such a foolish person is therefore bound up by fruitive activities, which are in fact carried out by the modes of nature.

Purport:

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (3.27): The living entity is dependent on the supreme entity, Lord Kṛṣṇa, but because of false pride he ignores the Supreme Personality of Godhead and considers himself to be the performer of action and enjoyer of everything. Śrīla Madhvācārya states that just as a king punishes a rebellious subject, the Supreme Lord punishes the sinful living entity by forcing him to transmigrate from one body to another in the network of the illusory energy.