Shloka 95
विभेदजनके ऽज्ञाने नाशम् आत्यन्तिकं गते आत्मनो ब्रह्मणो भेदम् असन्तं कः करिष्यति
vibhedajanake 'jñāne nāśam ātyantikaṃ gate ātmano brahmaṇo bhedam asantaṃ kaḥ kariṣyati
When ignorance—the very cause of perceived division—has been utterly destroyed, who can then fabricate a difference between the Self and Brahman, a difference that in truth does not exist?
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Concept: When the ignorance that generates perceived division is utterly destroyed, no real distinction can be asserted between the Self and Brahman.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Identify ignorance as mis-seeing (not merely lack of information): reduce it through steady inquiry, sāttvika living, and meditation until the habit of ‘otherness’ collapses.
Vishishtadvaita: Avidyā is treated as the cause of false bheda; the realized state is freedom from misconstrual, enabling true recognition of the self’s inseparable dependence on Brahman.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
Avidyā is presented as the sole generator of perceived divisions; once it is completely destroyed, the basis for seeing separation collapses.
He frames the Self–Brahman ‘difference’ as a product of ignorance; with true knowledge, that difference is recognized as unreal and cannot be sustained.
In the Vishnu Purana’s Vedantic horizon, realizing the supreme reality (identified with Brahman and ultimately with Vishnu) entails the ending of ignorance and the dissolution of all imagined separations.