Sanskrit: अज्ञानमूलोऽयमनात्मबन्धो नैसर्गिकोऽनादिरनन्त ईरितः । ्माप्ययव्याधिजरादिदुःख प्रवाहपातं जनयत्यमुष्य 
English:  This bondage of the non-Self springs from ignorance, is self-caused, and is described as without beginning and end. It subjects one to the long train of miseries such as birth, death, disease and decrepitude.