Shiva Purana

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प्रकृत्याद्यष्टबंधेन बद्धो जीवः स उच्यते । प्रकृत्याद्यष्टबंधेन निर्मुक्तो मुक्त उच्यते २ ।

sanskrit

A Jīva is said to be in bondage if he is tied up by the noose of eightfold primary essences, Prakṛti etc. When freed from them he is called liberated.

english translation

prakRtyAdyaSTabaMdhena baddho jIvaH sa ucyate | prakRtyAdyaSTabaMdhena nirmukto mukta ucyate 2 |

hk transliteration