Upanishads · Mahā 6.62
॥
Devanāgarī
द्वैताद्वैतसमुद्भूतैर्जगन्निर्माणलीलया परमात्ममयीशक्तिरद्वैतैव विजृम्भते
Transliteration (IAST)
dvaitādvaitasamudbhūtairjagannirmāṇalīlayā paramātmamayīśaktiradvaitaiva vijṛmbhate
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SanskritIASTMeaning
द्वैत-अद्वैत-समुद्भूतैःdvaita-advaita-samudbhūtaiḥby things sprung of duality and non-duality; through what arises from the dual and the non-dual
जगत्-निर्माण-लीलयाjagat-nirmāṇa-līlayāin the play of fashioning the world; in the sport of the world's making
परमात्म-मयी शक्तिःparamātma-mayī śaktiḥthe power made of the Supreme Ātman; the might woven of the highest Self
अद्वैता एव विजृम्भतेadvaitā eva vijṛmbhateitself non-dual, unfolds; non-dual indeed, spreads itself forth
Translation
“The power made of the Supreme Ātman — itself non-dual — unfolds in the play of fashioning the world, which springs of the dual and the non-dual.”
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The verse answers the question hanging over the whole book: what to do with duality and non-duality.
The answer: both are manifestations of one śakti, “power”, and that power is paramātma-mayī — “made of the Supreme Ātman”.
Note the verb vijṛmbhate — “unfolds, stretches itself, yawns”. A living, bodily word: so one speaks of a flower opening or a man stretching on waking.
The world was not built; it unfolded.
And again līlā — “play” (6.1, 6.43, 6.59).
This is a passage of the first importance for the Vaiṣṇava reading: the power is named as belonging to the Supreme Ātman, and it is also named non-dual. So non-duality does not cancel Him whose power it is.
The dispute of Advaita and Dvaita the book resolves not by choosing but by pointing to the Owner.