Vivekachudamani 355

त्वमहमिदमितीयं कल्पना बुद्धिदोषात् 

प्रभवति परमात्मन्यद्वये निर्विशेषे । 

प्रविलसति समाधावस्य सर्वो विकल्पो 

विलयनमुपगच्छेद्वस्तुतत्त्वावधृत्या ॥ 

tvamahamidamitīyaṃ kalpanā buddhidoṣāt 

prabhavati paramātmanyadvaye nirviśeṣe | 

pravilasati samādhāvasya sarvo vikalpo 

vilayanamupagacchedvastutattvāvadhṛtyā || 

(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 355) 

'You‘, 'I‘, 'This‘- these concepts are imagined in the Supreme Self, which is attribute-less and non-dual, due to the inherent defects of the intellect. When the real nature of Brahman is realized in one-pointed absorption (samadhi), all these concepts are dissolved. 

One should not think, in this connection, that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no engagement. In His spiritual world He is always engaged. In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated: "He is always involved in His eternal, blissful, spiritual activities, but He has nothing to do with these material activities." Material activities are being carried on by His different potencies. The Lord is always neutral in the material activities of the created world. This neutrality is explained here. Although He has control over every minute detail of the matter, He is sitting as if neutral. The example can be given of a high court judge sitting on his bench. By his order so many things are happening: someone is being hanged, someone is being put into jail, someone is awarded a huge amount of wealth-but still he is neutral. He has nothing to do with all that gain and loss. Similarly, the Lord is always neutral, although He has His hand in every sphere of activity. In the Vedānta-sūtra it is stated that He is not situated in the dualities of this material world. He is transcendental to these dualities. Nor is He attached to the creation and annihilation of this material world. The living entities take their different forms in the various species of life according to their past deeds, and the Lord doesn't interfere with them.