In plain words
But merely by cutting it into pieces, it could not … wear it with joy. Buddhi reflects. Whichever single piece it had worn, that would have been well. But, saying, 'This mad king has made pieces …', he puts all those pieces together and makes them up into a shirt. … … all the pieces made into a shirt, he says, 'Wear it, you mad king.' What makes these pieces is the scissors. What … … is the needle. So this scissors and this needle, Manas and Buddhi, are there with every single one of us; … we must see that … are put to use in the right way.
In this kind of jeṇṭlō, humanness is losing its moral values little by little. Manas must not take liberties and go forward on its own. The resolves that come to it, it must … with Buddhi, and with Buddhi inquire into them to some extent. Buddhi is the advisor. Then this Buddhi and Manas … come together, consult to some extent and arrive at a decision. Right, wrong: the power to … these two belongs to Buddhi alone. But Manas does not have it. The mind has merely the power of …, that and nothing more. What is Manas? 'Saṅkalpa vikalpakātmanaṃ manaḥ': it is bound up with resolving and wavering …. What ceaselessly dwells on things is Manas. But Buddhi does not think; it does …yse. It inquires, 'Is it good or bad?' To examine and come to a …: that alone is the right way. Buddhi does not inquire by its own strength, on its own. It stays joined, to some extent, with the consciousness called Sat. What comes from this Sat is consciousness, and with this it consults …. That is the witness. That very thing is called Cit. That very thing is called awareness. Only when Buddhi joins with …ss does it come to the right decision. When this Manas follows this right decision, that is the attainment of Mokṣa.
But when Buddhi pays no heed at all to this consciousness, relies on its own … and steps in by itself, that becomes the cause of bondage. That is why: 'Manayēva manuṣyānāṃ kāraṇāṃ bandhamōkṣayōḥ'. Manas is the cause of bondage and of Mokṣa.
Manas is the cause; wherever else you may stay, be it town or forest, it cannot give Mokṣa.
Manas alone gives Mokṣa. Manas alone sends one off to the forest. Manas itself is what binds. Manas itself binds the senses. It is Manas that attains the divinity beyond these senses. What is this thing called Manas? The Ātma has three kinds of form. One is Manas, the second Buddhi. The third is ….