Māyā

RāmānujaViśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Interpretation

Wonderful, marvelous things or creative acts, specifically works brought about directly and effortlessly by the Supreme Person's will, explicitly not illusion or unreality. Maya here names a capacity (the power to instantly realize any wish), evidenced paradigmatically by the created content of dreams, which are real objects with real, if temporary, existence, produced by the Lord for the dreaming soul to experience.

Related Īśvara · Rāmānuja, Svapna

Where Rāmānuja’s commentary grounds this interpretation. Open a sūtra to read the commentary context.