Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.23.56
Who is speaking and story frame
न केनचित् क्वापि कथञ्चनास्य
द्वन्द्वोपराग: परत: परस्य ।
यथाहम: संसृतिरूपिण: स्या-
देवं प्रबुद्धो न बिभेति भूतै: ॥ ५६ ॥
na kenacit kvāpi kathañcanāsya
dvandvoparāgaḥ parataḥ parasya
yathāhamaḥ saṁsṛti-rūpiṇaḥ syād
evaṁ prabuddho na bibheti bhūtaiḥ
The false ego gives shape to illusory material existence and thus experiences material happiness and distress. The spirit soul, however, is transcendental to material nature; he can never actually be affected by material happiness and distress in any place, under any circumstance or by the agency of any person. A person who understands this has nothing whatsoever to fear from the material creation.
Read the purport on Vedabase.ioFrom Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.