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

"One should definitely know that all material ingredients, activities, time and modes, and the living entities who are meant to enjoy them all, exist by His mercy only, and as soon as He does not care for them, everything becomes nonexistent."* —2.10.12 That Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the commentary on Vedānta-sūtra is confirmed by the following statement of Garuḍa Purāṇa— artho 'yam brahma-sūtrāṇām "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the commentary on Vedānta-sūtra."* In this Vedānta-sūtra the first chapter explains that Brahman is the real subject matter discussed in all Vedic literatures. The second chapter explains that all Vedic literatures present the same conclusion. They do not actually contradict each other. The third chapter describes how to attain Brahman. The fourth chapter explains the result of attaining Brahman. A person whose heart is pure, pious, and free from material desires, who is eager is associate with saintly devotees, who has faith in the Lord and the scriptures, and who is peaceful and decorated with saintly qualitities, is qualified to study the scriptures and strive after Brahman. The relationship between Brahman and the scriptures is that the scriptures describe Brahman and Brahman is the object described in the scriptures. The Vedānta-sūtra and other Vedic scriptures describe Brahman as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose form is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, who is the master of unlimited inconceivable potencies, and who possesses unlimited pure, transcendental attributes. The result of properly understanding the Vedānta- sūtra and other Vedic scriptures is that the spiritual aspirant becomes free from all material imperfections, and able to see the Supreme Brahman, Personality of Godhead, face to face. The Vedānta-sūtra is written in adhikaraṇas, Vedic syllogisms, which consist of five parts: 1. viṣaya (thesis, or statement); 2. saṁśaya (the arisal of doubt in the tenability of the statement); 3. pūrvapakṣa (presentation of a view opposing the original statement) 4. siddhānta (determination of the actual truth, the final conclusion, by quotation from Vedic scriptures), and saṅgati (confirmation of the final conclusion by quotation from Vedic scriptures). Chapter 1 Pada 1