Bound. (Glossary for the Vahinis)

The individual (jiva), believing that it is divided from the whole, the universal, is subject to desire and despair, love and hate, grief and joy. The person is attracted by the world of name and form. Such a person is characterized as ‘bound (baddha)’. Hence the need for liberation is urgent. And to be liberated, the person must give up dependence on and attachment to the creation (prakriti).