Shloka 52
तस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्यद्वितीये केवले परमात्मनि । ब्रह्मरुद्रौ च भूतानि भेदेनाज्ञोऽनुपश्यति ॥ ५२ ॥
tasmin brahmaṇy advitīye kevale paramātmani brahma-rudrau ca bhūtāni bhedenājño ’nupaśyati
Within that pure, nondual Brahman—Paramātmā—an ignorant person perceives Brahmā, Rudra (Śiva), and all beings as separate, as though independent.
The living entities, including Brahmā, are not independently separated, but are counted within the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord, being the Supersoul in every living entity, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, is directing everyone in the activities of the material modes of nature. No one can act independently of the sanction of the Lord, and therefore, indirectly, no one is different from the Supreme Person — certainly not Brahmā and Rudra, who are incarnations of the material nature’s modes of passion and ignorance.
FAQs
This verse says the Supreme Self is nondual and pure, but due to ignorance one superimposes divisions and sees separate identities like Brahmā, Rudra, and other beings.
In the Dakṣa-yajña context, Maitreya emphasizes that the Supreme Reality is one; perceiving Brahmā and Śiva as fundamentally separate from that Supreme is a product of ignorance and leads to conflict and offense.
Train the mind to see the same Divine presence in all—reducing sectarianism, ego-based comparison, and hostility—while honoring diverse roles and forms as expressions of one Supreme Reality.