गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

Supreme Personality of Godhead. At this point someone may raise the following question: Is it, then, that the Vedic literatures mostly describe topics other than the Supreme Brahman, (because mostly they describe these "reference-points" to lead the reader to the Supreme), or do they mostly describe Brahman directly?" I answer this question: Brahman is directly described in the Vedic literatures. For example, in the next chapter of Taittirīya Upaniṣad, Varuṇa, upon being asked by his son to teach him about Brahman, explained to him that Brahman is the original creator, maintaner, and destroyer of the material universes. He further explains that the annamaya, prāṇamaya, manomaya, and vijñānamaya stages of existence, one by one, are all Brahman. Then he explained that the ānandamaya stage is the final Brahman. After explaining this, Varuṇa concluded his teaching by confirming that he has spoken a true description of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He said: etam ānandamayam ātmānam upasaṅkramya imān lokān kāmānī kāma-rūpy anusañcarann etat sama gāyann āste "After leaving his material body, one who understands the supreme ānandamaya person leaves this material world and enters the spiritual world. All his desires become fulfilled, he attains a spiritual form according to his own wish, and he dedicates himself to glorifying that supreme ānandamaya person." That the ānandamaya person in the Vedic literatures is actually the Supreme Brahman is also described in the following statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.87.17): puruṣa-vidho 'nvayo 'tra caramo 'nnamyādiṣu yaḥ sad asataḥ paraṁ tvam atha yad eṣv avaśeṣāmṛtam "O Lord, of these persons beginning with the annamaya-puruṣa, You are the Supreme." We may note in this connection that it is not contradictory or illogical to say that the Supreme Brahman has a form. The form of the Supreme is described in the Vedic literatures. For example, the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (3.7.3) explains: pṛthivī śarīram "The material universe is the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." It is because the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a form (śarīra), that this