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

aṁśo nānā vyapadeśād anyathā cāpi dāsa-kitavāditvam adhīyate eke aṁśaḥ—part; nānā—many; vyapadeśāt—because of the teaching; anyathā— otherwise; ca—and; api—also; dāsa—servant; kitava—gambler; ādi—beginning with; tvam—the state of being; adhīyate—is read; eke—some. He is a part because of the description of being many, and also because some scriptures describe him as a servant, as a gambler, or as something else. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The individual spirit soul is a part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a ray of sunlight is part and parcel of the sun. The individual spirit soul is different from the Lord, dependent on the Lord, and related to the Lord. That is the meaning. Why is that? The sūtra explains: "Because of the description of being many." The Subala Upaniṣad explains: udbhavaḥ sambhavo divyo deva eko nārāyaṇo mātā pitā bhrātā nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛd gatir nārāyaṇaḥ "Nārāyaṇa is the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nārāyaṇa is the creator, destroyer, mother, father, brother, home, shelter, friend, and goal." In Bhagavad-gītā (9.18) Lord Kṛṣṇa declares: gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt "I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place, and the eternal seed."* The words "nānā vyapadeśād" in this sūtra describe the many relationships that exist between the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the individual spirit soul, relationships like that between the creator and created, controller and controlled, shelter and person who takes shelter, master and servant, friend and friend, and goal and seeker. Some passages in the Atharva Veda declare that because the Supreme is all-pervading, the individual spirit souls and the Supreme are identical. The Atharva Veda declares: