US-P13.016ab इत्येतद् यावदज्ञानं तावत् कार्यं ममाभवत् ।US-P13.016cd नित्यमुक्तस्य शुद्धस्य बुद्धस्य च सदा मम ॥
In plain words
As long as ignorance lasted, this practice seemed mine; but for me, who am eternally free, pure, awake, and unchanging, action never truly was.
Close to the Sanskrit
Thus, as long as ignorance lasted, this practice was to be done by me — me who am always eternally free, pure and awakened.