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

Because, according to the statement of the Prajāpati, the jīva, who only manifests the eight qualities when engaged in spiritual activities, merely resembles in some respects the "small sky," who manifests the eight qualities eternally, the "small sky" must be different from the jīva. Previously the original form of the jīva is covered by illusion, and then afterwards, by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the illusion becomes broken and the jīva, manifesting these eight qualities, becomes equal, in some respects, to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this way, as explained by the Prajāpati, the jīva resembles, in some respects, the "small sky." The sentence pavanam anuharate hanūmān (Hanuman resembles the wind) shows the difference between the resembled object and the thing that resembles it. That the liberated jīva resembles the Supreme Personality of Godhead may also be seen in the following words from Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.1.3): nirañjanaḥ paramaṁ sāmyam upaiti (the liberated jīva resembles the Supreme Personality of Godhead). Sūtra 23 api smaryate api-and; smaryate-described in the smṛti-śāstra. This is also described in the smṛti-śāstra. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa In the Bhagavad-gītā (14.2) the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, also explains: idaṁ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge 'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca "By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature like My own. Once established, one is not born at the time of creation or disturbed at the time of dissolution."* In this way the smṛti-śāstra explains that the liberated jīvas attain a nature like that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For these reasons the "small sky" is