na yÄvad etan mana Ätma-liá¹…gaá¹
saá¹sÄra-tÄpÄvapanaá¹ janasya
yac choka-mohÄmaya-rÄga-lobha-
vairÄnubandhaá¹ mamatÄá¹ vidhatte
na - not; yÄvat - as long as; etat - this; manaḥ - mind; Ätma-liá¹…gam - existing as the false designation of the soul; saá¹sÄra-tÄpa - of the miseries of this material world; Ävapanam - the growing ground; janasya - of the living being; yat - which; Å›oka - of lamentation; moha - of illusion; Ämaya - of disease; rÄga - of attachment; lobha - of greed; vaira - of enmity; anubandham - the consequence; mamatÄm - the sense of ownership; vidhatte - gives.
The mind is the cause of both material bondage and liberation. The impure mind thinks, “I am this body.†The pure mind knows that he is not the material body; therefore the mind is considered to be the root of all material designations. Until the living entity is aloof from the association and contaminations of this material world, the mind will be absorbed in such material things as birth, death, disease, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity. In this way the living entity is conditioned, and he suffers material miseries.