How does chapter 50 describe the nature of Maya and the path to liberation from it?

Chapter 50 describes Maya as the source of the entire illusion of name and form, noting that this supreme Maya is indescribable and very difficult to cross over. The states of both bondage and liberation are said to arise from imagination, which is the dwelling place of Maya. The path to liberation is through knowledge, as stated by the Vedic theorem, 'Only from knowledge comes liberation.' However, the text cautions that the dawn of this knowledge is impossible without the destruction of sinful karma. One who successfully attains pure knowledge is said to have abandoned Maya by their own resolve and is no longer subject to its bondage.