एकस्यैव ममांशस्य जीवस्यैव महामते । बन्धोऽस्याविद्ययानादिर्विद्यया च तथेतर: ॥ ४ ॥
ekasyaiva mamāṁśasya jīvasyaiva mahā-mate bandho ’syāvidyayānādir vidyayā ca tathetaraḥ
- ekasya
- of the one
- eva
- certainly
- mama
- My
- aṁśasya
- part and parcel
- jīvasya
- of the living entity
- eva
- certainly
- mahā-mate
- O most intelligent one
- bandhaḥ
- bondage
- asya
- of him
- avidyayā
- by ignorance
- anādiḥ
- beginningless
- vidyayā
- by knowledge
- ca
- and
- tathā
- similarly
- itaraḥ
- the opposite of bondage, liberation
O most intelligent Uddhava, the living entity, called jīva, is part and parcel of Me, but due to ignorance he has been suffering in material bondage since time immemorial. By knowledge, however, he can be liberated.