Prakaraṇa 6 · Verse 10
ब्रह्मैव भाति सर्वत्र न भिन्नं किञ्चिद् अस्ति हि । भेदबुद्धिः परिच्छिन्नं मोहमात्रम् इहोच्यते ॥
brahmaiva bhāti sarvatra na bhinnaṃ kiñcid asti hi | bhedabuddhiḥ paricchinnaṃ mohamātram ihocyate ||
Brahman shines everywhere; nothing exists as separate. The notion of difference, the limited, is here declared as pure illusion.
The identification of bhedabuddhi—the differentiating intellect—with moha constitutes the most radical formulation of advaita vedānta. It is not that differences are “less real” than unity; rather