Verse 273

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संसारकारागृहमोक्षमिच्छो -रयोमयं पादनिबद्धशृङ्खलम् ।वदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः पटुवासनात्रयंयोऽस्माद्विमुक्तः समुपैति मुक्तिम् ॥ २७३ ॥

In plain words

For anyone longing to break out of the prison of this worldly existence, those who know call this powerful triple impression — the pull of the world, of scripture, of the body — an iron shackle bolted to the feet. Whoever slips free of it reaches liberation.

Close to the Sanskrit

For one desiring release from the prison-house of transmigratory existence, the knowers of that [truth] call the powerful triad of latent impressions an iron chain bound to the feet. Whoever is freed from this attains liberation.