अथाविद्याख्यस्य भागस्य द्वे वृत्ती—आवरणात्मिका विक्षेपात्मिका च । तत्र पूर्वा जीव एव तिष्ठन्ती तदीयं स्वाभाविकं ज्ञानमावृण्वाना, उत्तरा च तं तदन्यथाज्ञानेन सञ्जयन्ती वर्तत इति ।
athāvidyākhyasya bhāgasya dve vṛttī—āvaraṇātmikā vikṣepātmikā ca | tatra pūrvā jīva eva tiṣṭhantī tadīyaṁ svābhāvikaṁ jñānam āvṛṇvānā, uttarā ca taṁ tad-anyathā-jñānena sañjayantī vartata iti |
(Paramātma Sandarbha: 54)
“Now, the aspect [of māyā] known as avidyā (ignorance) has two functions: that constituted of covering (āvaraṇātmikā) and that constituted of projecting (vikṣepātmikā). Therein, the former exists in [i.e., casts its influence over] only the jīva and covers [i.e., suppresses] its [i.e., the jīva’s] inherent awareness, and the latter produces attachment in the jīva [i.e., binds the jīva] with awareness of that which is other than itself [i.e., it captivates the jīva by causing it, in the absence of any perception of its own nature as induced by the covering (āvaraṇātmikā) function, to cast its awareness outwards towards the constituents of māyā].”