Hṛdayānanda: "When the mind is in the mode of goodness, his activities are good, when the mind is in the mode of passion, his activities are troublesome; and when the mind is in the mode of ignorance, he travels in the lower species of life. It is clear, however, in this verse, that the conditioned soul is covered by . . ."
Prabhupāda: Ignorance means completely lost of all independence. That is ignorance. Complete loss of, even little independence, all lost. In the modes of passion, there is little independence, and in the modes of goodness, he has got full independence whether to remain in the struggle for existence world or go back to home, back to Godhead. Brahma jānāti iti brāhmaṇaḥ. That is real knowledge platform.