Dvaita (Bheda) - Perception of duality - is Aadhyasika - an error and is bondage - Srimad Bhagavatam

[V Subrahmanian]

Narada's sermon on Varnashrama Dharma to Yudhishthira has this message:

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कल्पयित्वाऽऽत्मना यावद् आभासमिदमीश्वरः ।

द्वैतं तावन्न विरमेत् ततो ह्यस्य विपर्ययः ॥ १० ॥

As long as one does not give up distinctions like 'this is a man, this is a woman', then the superimposition of qualities in those bereft of qualities, will continue. That is, there is a misunderstanding, viparaya, perceiving one as the other. One has to let it go through acquiring right knowledge. Otherwise, bondage will be a never-ending story.

This indicates that the idea of gender, male and female, is not present in the true nature of the Atman. It is certainly a superimposition, a vision of error, in the Atman.

Sridhara Swami's commentary is given here:

Om