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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.36-37

విముచ్య తమిమం బన్ధమవిద్యాకామకర్మజమ్ । సర్వభూతసుహృచ్ఛాన్తో మైత్ర: కరుణ ఆత్మవాన్ ॥ ౩౬ ॥ మోచయే గ్రస్తమాత్మానం యోషిన్మయ్యాత్మమాయయా । విక్రీడితో యయైవాహం క్రీడామృగ ఇవాధమ: ॥ ౩౭ ॥
vimucya tam imaṁ bandham
[vimuchya tam imam bandham]
avidyā-kāma-karmajam
[avidyaa-kaama-karmajam]
sarva-bhūta-suhṛc chānto
[sarva-bhoota-suhrich chaanto]
maitraḥ karuṇa ātmavān
[maitrah karuna aatmavaan]
mocaye grastam ātmānaṁ
[mochaye grastam aatmaanam]
yoṣin-mayyātma-māyayā
[yoshin-mayyaatma-maayayaa]
vikrīḍito yayaivāhaṁ
[vikreedito yayaivaaham]
krīḍā-mṛga ivādhamaḥ
[kreedaa-mriga ivaadhamah]
vimucya — having become free from tam — that imam — this bandham — bondage avidyā — due to ignorance kāma — due to lusty desire karma-jam — caused by activities sarva-bhūta — of all living entities suhṛt — friend śāntaḥ — very peaceful maitraḥ — friendly karuṇaḥ — merciful ātma-vān — self-realized mocaye — I shall disentangle grastam — encaged ātmānam — my soul yoṣit-mayyā — in the form of woman ātma-māyayā — by the illusory energy of the Lord vikrīḍitaḥ — played with yayā — by which eva — certainly aham — I krīḍā-mṛgaḥ — a controlled animal iva — like adhamaḥ — so fallen.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vimucya tam imaṁ bandham
vimucya
having become free from
tam
that
imam
this
bandham
bondage
avidyā-kāma-karmajam
avidyā
due to ignorance
kāma
due to lusty desire
karma-jam
caused by activities
sarva-bhūta-suhṛc chānto
sarva-bhūta
of all living entities
suhṛt
friend
śāntaḥ
very peaceful
maitraḥ karuṇa ātmavān
maitraḥ
friendly
karuṇaḥ
merciful
ātma-vān
self-realized
mocaye grastam ātmānaṁ
mocaye
I shall disentangle
grastam
encaged
ātmānam
my soul
yoṣin-mayyātma-māyayā
yoṣit-mayyā
in the form of woman
ātma-māyayā
by the illusory energy of the Lord
vikrīḍito yayaivāhaṁ
vikrīḍitaḥ
played with
yayā
by which
eva
certainly
aham
I
krīḍā-mṛga ivādhamaḥ
krīḍā-mṛgaḥ
a controlled animal
iva
like
adhamaḥ
so fallen.
Because of identifying oneself with the body, one is subjected to desires for sense gratification, and thus one engages in many different types of pious and impious action. This is what constitutes material bondage. Now I shall disentangle myself from my material bondage, which has been caused by the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s illusory energy in the form of a woman. Being a most fallen soul, I was victimized by the illusory energy and have become like a dancing dog led around by a woman’s hand. Now I shall give up all lusty desires and free myself from this illusion. I shall become a merciful, well-wishing friend to all living entities and always absorb myself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

This should be the standard of determination for all Kṛṣṇa conscious persons. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person should free himself from the clutches of māyā, and he should also be compassionate to all others suffering in those clutches. The activities of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are meant not only for oneself but for others also. This is the perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One who is interested in his own salvation is not as advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness as one who feels compassion for others and who therefore propagates the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Such an advanced devotee will never fall down, for Kṛṣṇa will give him special protection. That is the sum and substance of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Everyone is like a play toy in the hands of the illusory energy and is acting as she moves him. One should come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness to release oneself and also to release others.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Freeing myself from this bondage arising from karma, desire and ignorance, becoming a friend to all beings, becoming peaceful, friendly, merciful and in control of the mind, I will free my fallen self who was trapped by the Lord’s māyā in the form of a woman, just as a low person becomes the plaything of a woman. Just as a low person becomes like a captive animal of a woman, I, a brāhmaṇa, have become the captive animal of that woman, māyā.
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