The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

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तत्र केन प्रयुक्तं ग्रहातिग्रहलक्षणं बन्धनमित्येतन्निर्दिधारयिषया आह-

In plain words

Wanting to pin down exactly what drives this bondage marked by the seizer and the over-grasper, he now asks—

Close to the Sanskrit

There, with a desire to ascertain firmly by what this bondage, characterized by the seizer and the over-seizer, is impelled, he says—