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

Adhikaraṇa 11 Meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Viṣaya (the subject to be discussed): In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (1.11) it is said: jñātvā devaṁ sarva-pāśāpahāniḥ kṣīṇaiḥ kleśair janma-mṛtyu-prahāniḥ tasyābhidhyānāt tṛtīyaṁ deha-bhede viśvaiśvaryaṁ kevala āpta-kāmaḥ "By understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a person becomes free from all material bondage, his sufferings perish, and he escapes the cycle of repeated birth and death. By meditating on the Supreme Lord, when one is finally separated from the material body he enters the opulent spiritual world and attains a spiritual body where all his desires are fulfilled." This verse means that by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead a person cuts the ropes of false possessiveness that make him think that his body, house, and other things are all his property. Here the scripture glorifies knowledge of the Lord, saying that knowledge destroys the sufferings of repeated birth and death. By understanding the Lord and always meditating on Him, a person becomes free of both gross and subtle material bodies, travels beyond Candraloka and Brahmaloka, and enters the third realm, the realm of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What is that realm of the Lord like? The scripture explains: it is "viśvaiśvarya" (full of spiritual opulences), it is "kevala" (untouched by matter), and it is "āpta-kāma" (all desires are fulfilled there). Here it is clearly said that this abode is attained by understanding the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, truth taught in the revealed scriptures. Saṁśaya (doubt): Is meditation mandatory or optional? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): Meditation is mandatory, for it increases faith and thus fixes the mind on the Lord. Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion.