Śiva Sūtra 3.2
ज्ञानं बन्धः ||3.2||
[Limited] knowledge (jñānam | nom sg) [is] bondage (bandhaḥ | nom sg).
As long as knowledge confirms this limited identity, it remains bondage.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: At this level knowledge is again bondage because it divides: I here, world there, this pleasant, that threatening.
The Vārttika explains: Binding knowledge is directed inwardly towards sensations and outwardly towards objects.
Śiva Sūtra 3.3
कलादीनां तत्त्वानामविवेको माया ||3.3||
Non-discrimination (avivekaḥ | nom sg) among the Tattvas beginning with Kalā (kalā-ādīnām tattvānām | gen pl) [is] Māyā (māyā | nom sg).
Māyā operates as long as you do not distinguish the limiting levels of experience from your free nature.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: Delusion is not merely ignorance of a topic but confusion among levels of reality.
The Vārttika explains: Māyā arises when the limiting powers from Kalā down to earth are not recognised as coverings.
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