"The great illusion, ignorance, necessity, the bewilderment,
"The originant, ideation,—thus is thy will called, O Infinite.
"The originant, because it originates greatly; ideation, because it produces ideas;
"The illusion of Hari, who is called a, is termed (avidyá) ignorance:
"Styled (máyá) illusion, because it is pre-eminent, for the name máyá is used of the pre-eminent;
"The excellent knowledge of Vishṇu is called, though one only, by these names;
"For Hari is excellent knowledge, and this is characterised by spontaneous beatitude."
That in which this excellent knowledge produces knowledge and effects sustentation thereof, that is pure illusion, as known and sustained, therefore by the Supreme Lord duality is not illusorily imagined. For in the Lord illusory imagination of the universe is not possible, illusory imagination arising from non-perception of differences (which as an imperfection is inconsistent with the divine nature).
If it be asked how then that (illusory duality) is predicated, the answer is that in reality there is a non-duality, that is in reality, Vishṇu being better than all else, has no equal and no superior. Accordingly, the grand revelation:—
"A difference between soul and the Lord, a difference between the unsentient and the Lord,