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

In the Bhagavad-gītā (15.7) Lord Kṛṣṇa explains: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts."* By using the word "sanātana" (eternal), the Lord refutes the idea that the living entities referred to here are the temporary external bodies in which the eternal souls reside. In this way it is seen that the individual spirit souls are part and parcel of the Supreme and have an relationship with Him. the Supreme is the creator and dominant in other ways also, and the individual spirit souls are dependent on Him. The nature of the individual spirit souls is described in the following passage of Padma Purāṇa: jñānāśrayo jñāna-guṇaś cetanaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ na jāto nirvikāraś ca eka-rūpaḥ svarūpa-bhāk "The individual spirit soul is the shelter of knowledge, has knowledge as one if his qualities, is consciousness, is beyond the world of matter, is never born, never changes, and has one form, a spiritual form. aṇur nityo vyāpti-śīlaś cid-ānandātmakas tathā aham artho 'vyayaḥ sākṣī bhinna-rūpaḥ sanātanaḥ "The soul is atomic, eternal, is present by consciousness everywhere in the material body, is by nature full of spiritual bliss and knowledge, has a sense of individual identity, is unchanging, is a witness within the body, is eternal, and is different from the Supreme. adāhyo 'cchedyo 'kledyo 'śosyo 'kṣara eva ca evam-ādi-guṇair yuktaḥ śeṣa-bhūtaḥ parasya vai