Shloka 95
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
विभेदजनके ऽज्ञाने नाशम् आत्यन्तिकं गते आत्मनो ब्रह्मणो भेदम् असन्तं कः करिष्यति
vibhedajanake 'jñāne nāśam ātyantikaṃ gate ātmano brahmaṇo bhedam asantaṃ kaḥ kariṣyati
Khi vô minh—nguyên nhân tạo ra phân chia—đã bị diệt tận, ai còn có thể bịa đặt sự sai khác giữa Ātman và Brahman, một sai khác vốn không hề có?
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.