Superimposes being and non-being on the self
'Avidyayatmani krite' (SB 1.3.33); removed when brahma-darshana dawns.
Concept
Avidya (nescience)
अविद्या
Avidya is a root conception of Vedanta: the ignorance-power that veils the self and projects superimposition. SB 1.3.33: the imposition of 'being and non-being' on the self is her work, and brahma-darshana is precisely its negation.
Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.3.33 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=369178)
The five functions of nescience: Andhatamisra, Tamisra, Mahamoha, Moha and Tamas.
At SB 3.12.2 Brahma's first creation consists of these five functions of ignorance.