Śiva Sūtra 1.2
ज्ञानं बन्धः ||1.2||
[Limited] knowledge (jñānam | nom sg) [is] bondage (bandhaḥ | nom sg).
As soon as knowledge narrows and confines you to particular contents, it becomes bondage.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: Bondage is not knowledge as such but contracted knowledge: one's own nature is taken to be small, while body, senses, or thoughts are mistaken for the self.
The Vārttika explains: Bondage begins as misrecognition: non-self is seen in the self, while the self is imagined in the body and similar things.
Śiva Sūtra 1.3
योनिवर्गःकलाशरीरम् ||1.3||
The group of origins (yoni-vargaḥ | nom sg) [and] the form of limited agency (kalā-śarīram | nom sg) [are bondage].
Bondage takes shape when you experience yourself as a limited cause, a limited power, and a separate being.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The fetter has several layers: creative origin, powers of differentiation, and the subtle body of limitation.
The Vārttika explains: Māyā is the origin from which difference becomes visible.
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