In the state of bondage, ignorance which made into variety by actions created by the guṇas was accepted as the self, without investigation. O Uddhava! Ignorance is destroyed by jñāna. But ātmā is never accepted or rejected. Therefore jñāna which destroys ignorance is recommended. Previously, in the state of bondage, ignorance which is of many varieties by actions created by the guṇas, was accepted as the ātmā, the object “you” without investigation (aviviktam). He does not consider “Where did ignorance come from? What is its nature?” One destroys that state of ignorance by jñāna in the liberated state. In the previous state jñāna was not accepted. In the later state jñāna is accepted. But ātmā is never accepted or rejected. Ātmā alone gives pleasure at all times.