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

Meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Now the author of the sūtras will reveal the activities of the devotees after they have attained transcendental knowledge of the Lord. In the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.4.23) it is said: tasmād evaṁ-vic chānto dāntaḥ. . . ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ "One who knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes peaceful and self-controlled. . . Then he gazes on the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Saṁśaya (doubt): here it is said that one who desires to attain the Supreme Personality of Godhead should also attain a long list of virtues, beginning with being peaceful and culminating in being rapt in meditation on the Lord. Must the nirapekṣa devotee develop all these virtues, or may be merely become rapt in meditation on the Lord's form, qualities, and pastimes? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): Although one may have attained transcendental knowledge, that knowledge does not become stable without the development of peacefulness and a host of other virtues. Therefore the devotee should endeavor to attain all these virtues. Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion. Sūtra 47 sahakāry-antara-vidhiḥ pakṣeṇa tṛtīyaṁ tadvato vidhy-ādi-vat sahakāri—helping; antara—another; vidhiḥ—rule; pakṣeṇa—in one sense; tṛtīyam—the third; tadvataḥ—like that; vidhi—rule; ādi—beginning; vat—like. Different from the helpful rules is the third. It is like the rules and other things. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa