Prakriti is regarded as Maya when impure (becoming combined up with rajas and tamas) it is referred to as Avidya. The proximity - a type of illusory union - of Purusha to Prakriti brings about Purusha to forget his real state, which in actuality is not capable of staying afflicted by Prakriti’s alterations and he begins to slip-up these outcomes, enjoyment-and-agony (sukha-duhkha), as his have.