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

entities to liberation just as milk brings nourishment to a calf. The word ātmā in this passage may refer to pradhāna either because pradhāna brings happiness to the living entities or because it is all-pervading. Then again the words in this passage may refer to the jīva because the jīva is the enjoyer of the the things in this world and because the j.īva possesses the mind and the breath mentioned in this passage. Siddhānat: Now he speaks the conclusion. Sūtra 1 dyu-bhv-ādy-āyatanaṁ sva-śabdāt dyu-of heaven; bhv-and earth; ādi-beginning with; āyatanam-the abode; sva- own; śabdāt-because of the word. The description "the abode of heaven, earth, and other things," refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because the words in this passage specifically describe Him. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The word "the abode of heaven" here refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Why? The sūtra says sva-śabdāt (because the words in this passage specifically describe Him). The Supreme Personality of Godhead is referred to here because the word amṛtasya setuḥ (the shore of the eternal) can refer to Him alone and no one else. Because it comes from the verb sinoti, which means "to bind," the phrase amṛtasya setuḥ means "He who enables one to attain the eternal." Or the word setuḥ here may mean "like a bridge." As a bridge enables on to cross to the other side of rivers and other bodies of water, in the same way this bridge enables one to attain the liberation that lies on the other shore of the cycle of repeated birth and death. That is the meaning of this word. In this matter the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (3.8 and 6.15) says tam eva viditvāti mṛtyum eti (One can overcome the path of birth and death only by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead). Next he says: Sūtra 2 muktopasṛpya vyapadeśāt