Verse 500

Tap any word for its meaning.

। ॥ ५०० ॥

In plain words

Understand that bondage arises from outward engagement, and liberation from turning away. Worldly existence is nothing other than that very engagement, while liberation is the quiet turning back.

Close to the Sanskrit

Know the bound state to be from engagement, and know the liberated state to be from cessation. Engagement indeed is saṃsara; cessation is desired as liberation.