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

Adhikaraṇa 4 Brahman Is The Only Original Cause The saṅkhya theorist raises another doubt: "It cannot be said that the Vedānta describes Brahman as the sole cause of the universe, for the Vedānta philosophy does not describe a single original cause of creation. In Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1.1 ātma (self) is revealed as the source of creation in the following words: tasmād vā etasmād ātmana ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ "From ātmā the sky was born." Another passage (Tatittirīya Upaniṣad 2.7.1) describes asat (non-existence) as the original cause in the following words: asad vā idam agra āsīt tato vā sad ajāyata tad ātmānaṁ svayam akuruta "In the beginning was non-existence. From non-existence existence was born. Existence created the self." Another passage (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9.1) affirms that ākāśa (sky) is the original cause: asya lokasya kā gatir ity ākāśa iti hovāca "What is the origin of this world? Sky is the origin, he said." Another passage (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.5) affirms that breath is the original cause in the following words: sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtāni prāṇam evābhisaṁviśanti "Everything was born from breath and ultimately enters into breath again." Another passage again proclaims asat (non-existence) as the original cause in the following words: asad evedam agra āsīt tat samabhavat "In the beginning was non-existence. From non-existence this world was manifested." Another passage (Chāndogya Upaniṣād 6.2.1) proclaims Brahman the original cause in the following words: sad eva saumyedam agra āsīt