तस्मान्मनः कारणमस्य जन्तो -र्बन्धस्य मोक्षस्य च वा विधाने ।बन्धस्य हेतुर्मलिनं रजोगुणै -र्मोक्षस्य शुद्धं विरजस्तमस्कम् ॥ १७६ ॥
In plain words
So the mind is what causes both bondage and liberation for any living being, whichever comes about. When it is stained by the qualities of rajas, it causes bondage. When it is pure, free of both rajas and tamas, it becomes the very cause of liberation.
Close to the Sanskrit
Therefore, the mind is the cause of this creature's bondage and liberation, whichever is brought about. The mind stained with the qualities of rajas is the cause of bondage; the mind that is pure, free from rajas and tamas, is the cause of liberation.