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

Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Thus it has been said that a person who performs pious deeds goes to Candraloka and then again returns with the remainder of his karma. Now will be discussed whether sinners who perform no pious deeds also go and return in the same way. In Īśa Upaniṣad (3) it is said: āsūryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ tāṁs te pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ "The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignorance."* Saṁśaya (doubt): Do the sinners go to Candraloka or Yamaloka? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): The opponent gives his opinion in the following sūtra. Sūtra 13 aniṣṭādi-kāriṇām api ca śrutam an—not; iṣṭa—pious deeds; ādi—beginning with; kāriṇām—of the performers; api—also; ca—and; śrutam—in the Śruti-śāstra. The Śruti-śāstra declares that it is also so for they who do not perform iṣṭa or other pious deeds. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The Śruti-śāstra declares that they who perform iṣṭa and other pious deeds, as well as they who do not perform iṣṭa and other pious deeds, both go to Candraloka. This is explained in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad (1.2):