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Sarvasara-Upanishad of Krishna-Yajurveda

1. What is bandha (bondage)?

Atma [the Self] falsely superimposing the body and others which are not-Self on Himself, and identifying Himself with them—this identification forms the bondage of the Self.

2. What is moksha [emancipation]?

The freedom from that [identification] is moksha.

3. What is avidya [non-vidya, ignorance] (nescience)?

That which causes this identification is avidya.

4. What is vidya (knowledge)?

That which removes this identification is vidya [outer knowledge].

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Aiyar, K. Narayanasvami, tr. Thirty Minor Upanishads. Madras: K. Narayanasvami Aiyar / Annie Besant at the Vasanta Press, Adyar, 1914.

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