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

Supreme Lord and bring Him under their control. The activities of devotional service invoke the appearance of the Lord, who comes in His spiritual and blissful form, with the graceful hair on His head and the other features of His body. In the nyāya-śāstra it is said: śrutes tu śabda-mūlatvāt In this way it is shown that the Supreme extraordinary, inconceivable, and beyond the limits imposed by the material world. He cannot be understood by material logic. Sūtra 13 nāviśeṣāt na—not; aviśeṣāt—because of being not specific. No. For it is not specific. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The Śruti-śāstra does not order that a person wise with transcendental knowledge of Supreme must perform Vedic rituals throughout his entire life. Why is that? The sūtra explains: "aviśeṣāt" (for it is not specifically stated). In the Mahā-Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka 10.5 it is said: na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ "By performing Vedic rituals, fathering good children, or giving wealth in charity one does not attain liberation. It is by renunciation that one attains liberation." In this way there is no specific order that one must always perform Vedic rituals. The Śruti-śāstra gives different instructions about Vedic rituals (sometimes encouraging and sometimes discouraging them) because these instructions are intended for different āśramas. After thus refuting these objections, the author of the sūtras proceeds to