मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः ।
बन्धाय विषयासक्तं मुक्त्यै निर्विषयं स्मृतम् ॥
mana eva manuṣyāṇaṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ |
bandhāya viṣayāsaktaṁ muktyai nirviṣayaṁ smṛtam ||
(Maitrāyaṇīya Upaniṣad: 6.34.11)
“For human beings, the mind alone is the cause of bondage and mokṣa. A mind that is attached to sense objects is regarded as the cause of bondage, and a mind uninvolved with the sense objects is [regarded as] the cause of liberation.”
Alternate versions
mana eva manuṣyāṇāṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ |
bandhāya viṣayāsaṅgo muktyai nirviṣayaṁ manaḥ ||
(Amṛta-bindu Upaniṣad: 2)
“For human beings the mind alone is the cause of bondage and liberation. A mind that is attached to the objects of the senses is the cause of bondage, and a mind unattached to the objects of the senses is the cause of liberation.”
mana eva manuṣyāṇāṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ |
bandhāya viṣayāsaṅgo muktyai nirviṣayaṁ smṛtam ||
(Śāṭyāyanīya Upaniṣad: 2)
“For human beings the mind alone is the cause of bondage and liberation. A mind that is attached to the objects of the senses is regarded as the cause of bondage, and a mind unattached to the objects of the senses is regarded as the cause of liberation.”