On Advaita Vedanta: The real meaning of steadfastness

The following excerpt is from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

यथाऽपकृष्टं शैवालं क्षणमात्रं न तिष्ठति ।
आवृणोति तथा माया प्राज्ञं वापि पराङ्मुखम् ॥

yathā’pakṛṣṭaṃ śaivālaṃ kṣaṇamātraṃ na tiṣṭhati
āvṛṇoti tathā māyā prājñaṃ vāpi…