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

"Brahmā said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is a cowherd boy. His complexion is like a monsoon cloud. He stays under a desire tree. The following verses describe Him: His eyes are like lotus flowers. . . " After thus describing the form of the Supreme Lord, the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad (1.10) concludes: cintayaṁś cetasā kṛṣṇaṁ mukto bhavati saṁsṛteḥ. "Meditating on Lord Kṛṣṇa in this way, a person becomes free from the cycle of repeated birth and death." Saṁśaya (doubt): Does one attain liberation by worshiping the Lord in His formless feature or by worshiping the Lord in His feature with a form? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): One should worship the Lord in His formless feature. Only in that way will one attain liberation. Only by meditating on the Lord with undivided attention does one attain liberation. Because in the form of the Lord there are eyes and many other different limbs and features of the Lord it is not possible to give undivided attention to any of them, and therefore it is not possible to attain liberation by meditating on the form of the Lord. Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion. Sūtra 20 samāna evaṁ cābhedāt samānaḥ—equal sentiment; evam—thus; ca—although; abhedāt—because of not being different. Although it is not divided in that way, because of non-difference. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The word "ca" here means "although". Although the Lord's eyes and other bodily features and limbs are all different, still they leave the same impression on

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मूल संस्कृत उद्धरण (Devanagari Recension of Sanskrit Texts on this Page):

• गोपालतापिन्युपनिषत् (१.१०):

  चिन्तयंश्चेतसा कृष्णं मुक्तो भवति संसृतेः ॥

• ब्रह्मसूत्रम् (३.३.२०):

  समान एवं चाभेदात् ॥ २० ॥