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 jṣāna. But ātmā is never accepted or rejected. Therefore jṣāna 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 jṣāna in the liberated state. In the previous state jṣāna was not accepted. In the later state jṣāna is accepted. But ātmā is never accepted or rejected. Ātmā alone gives pleasure at all times.