The text states, 'Only from knowledge comes liberation.' Is knowledge the sole requirement for achieving freedom from bondage?

While Chapter 50 affirms the Vedic theorem that "Only from knowledge comes liberation," it introduces a critical prerequisite. The text clarifies that "without the destruction of sinful karma, the dawn of knowledge is impossible." This suggests a two-step process where purification through addressing karma must occur before one can even begin to attain the liberating knowledge. Therefore, knowledge is the direct key to liberation, but it cannot be accessed until the obstacle of sinful karma is removed. One who successfully attains this pure knowledge is described as having abandoned Maya by their own resolve.