In the same way, only when the three guṇas spoken of above are in balance can one attain the flame of Jñāna, and through it experience the Ānanda of Mokṣa. For the attainment of Mokṣa, if even one of these three guṇas remains, it binds: the three guṇas that bind one in the body born of Prakṛti are three bonds. Whatever bond remains, one cannot be free. Tie an animal's two front legs with one rope, its hind legs with another rope, and its horns and neck with yet another cord, and that animal cannot be free; in the same way, the three guṇas, sattva, rajas and tamas, are like ropes that bind man. Sattvaguṇa too is a rope, a bond all the same: sattva is like a rope of gold, rajas like a rope of copper, tamas like a rope of iron. The ropes differ in worth, some higher and some lower, but as bonds all three alike leave one without freedom.