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Similarly, man's bondage is caused by the mind, and Liberation too is caused by that alone. देहादिसर्वविषये परिकल्प्य रागं
VIVEKACHUDAMANI
बध्नाति तेन पुरुषं पशुवद्गुणेन । वैरस्यमत्र विषवत्सुविधाय पश्चा
देनं विमोचयति तन्मन एव बन्धात् ॥ १७३ ॥
173.It (first) creates an attachment in man for the body and all other sense-objects, and binds him through that attachment like a beast by means of ropes. Afterwards, the self-same mind creates in the individual an utter distaste for these sense-objects as if they were poison, and frees him from the bondage.
[For the double meaning of the word Guna, see note on Sloka 76.]
तस्मान्मनः कारणमस्य जन्तो
बन्धस्य मोक्षस्य च वा विधाने ।
बन्धस्य हेतुर्मलिनं रजोगुणै
मोक्षस्य शुद्धं विरजस्तमस्कम् ॥ १७४ ॥
174. Therefore the mind is the only cause that brings about man's bondage or Liberation: when tainted by the effects of Rajas it leads to bondage, and when pure and divested of the Rajas and Tamas elements it conduces to Liberation.
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