The young Rama asks Sage Vasishtha about bondage and liberation. He learns there are three aspects or forms of a person. There is pure consciousness, ignorance of Atma and the gross form.
bondage and liberation
Question 234 – 5: What is the nature, the basis of everything?
The young Rama asks “What bondage and liberation?” The Sage replies that just as an image carved from stone remains stone, so the Universe is atma-roop, the form of Atma. The duality or diversity of names and forms perceived in Atma is because of ignorance. Faults and failings arise because of the potency of Atma, and Atma remains unaffected by faults and failings.