Verse 2

अज्ञानमेतद्बलवदविद्येतरनामकम् ।जन्मान्तरसहस्रोत्थं घनं स्थितिमुपागतम्

In plain words

This ajñāna is powerful, known by the other name avidyā; risen up from a thousand other births, dense, it has come to a settled state.