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

sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam "Because the devotees accept Me as their friend, their relative, their son, preceptor, benefactor, and Supreme Deity, they cannot be deprived of their possessions at any time."* Therefore, as the devotees meditate on the Lord as full of transcendental bliss, so they should also meditate on Him as their father or other relative. The idea that the Śruti-śāstra's declaration "ātmety evopāsīta" (One should worship the Supreme Lord) means that one should not think of the Lord as one's father has already been refuted in this book. Adhikaraṇa 9 One Should Meditate on the Transcendental Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Viṣaya (the subject to be discussed): Now begins a discussion of the truth that one should meditate on the Supreme as having a form. In the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.4.7) it is said: ātmety evopāsīta" "One should worship the Supreme Lord." In the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.4.15) it is also said: ātmānam eva lokam upāsīta "Everyone should worship the Supreme Lord." In the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad (1.8-10) it is said: tad u hovāca hairaṇyo gopa-veśaṁ abhrābhaṁ taruṇaṁ kalpa-drumāśritam. tad iha ślokā bhavanti. sat-puṇḍarīka. . .