श्रीभगवानुवाच बद्धो मुक्त इति व्याख्या गुणतो मे न वस्तुत: । गुणस्य मायामूलत्वान्न मे मोक्षो न बन्धनम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca baddho mukta iti vyākhyā guṇato me na vastutaḥ guṇasya māyā-mūlatvān na me mokṣo na bandhanam
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- baddhaḥ
- in bondage
- muktaḥ
- liberated
- iti
- thus
- vyākhyā
- the explanation of the living entity
- guṇataḥ
- due to the modes of material nature
- me
- which are My potency
- na
- not
- vastutaḥ
- in reality
- guṇasya
- of the modes of material nature
- māyā
- My illusory energy
- mūlatvāt
- because of being the cause
- na
- not
- me
- of Me
- mokṣaḥ
- liberation
- na
- nor
- bandhanam
- bondage
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, due to the influence of the material modes of nature, which are under My control, the living entity is sometimes designated as conditioned and sometimes as liberated. In fact, however, the soul is never really bound up or liberated, and since I am the Supreme Lord of māyā, which is the cause of the modes of nature, I also am never to be considered liberated or in bondage.