US-P14.030ab ।US-P14.030cd ॥
In plain words
When the intellect and other adjuncts are present, and when they are absent, the self remains utterly unchanged. If the self is thus known as the constant witness, how could any binding action ever touch it?
Close to the Sanskrit
When the intellect and other adjuncts are present, and likewise when absent, if there is changelessness of the self of whom he is the knower, how could action belong to him?