कामबन्धनमेवैकं नान्यदस्तीह बन्धनम् ।
कामबन्धनमुक्तॊ हि ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
kāmaḥ bandhanam evaikan nānyad astīha bandhanam |
kāma-bandhana-mukto hi brahma-bhūyāya kalpate ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.243.7)
“Kāma (desire) is the one and only bondage [i.e., the one and only cause of all the jīva’s bondage in saṁsāra]. There is no other bondage here [i.e., in this world]. One who is free from the bondage of kāma is fit to realize Brahman.”