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In plain words
The thought of liberation comes while there is the sense of being bound. When, by enquiring whose this bondage is, one's own Self, ever free, is reached of itself, where is the thought of bondage, and where the thought of liberation?
Word for word
While there is the sense of being bound, there is the thought of liberation. But when, by enquiring whose the bondage is, one's own Self, ever free, is attained of itself, where is the thought of bondage, and where the thought of liberation?