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

Invocation mantrād yasya parā bhūtāḥ parā bhūtādayo grahāḥ naśyanti sva-lasat-tṛṣṇaḥ sa kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇaṁ mama May Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is radiant with the thirst to be re-united with His devotees, and whose mantras exorcise the ghosts and demons of repeated birth in the material world of five elements, be my shelter. Adhikaraṇa 1 The Time of Death Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa In the next pada will be described the way the soul travels to the world of the demigods. In this pada will be described the way a person enlightened with transcendental knowledge leaves his material body. In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.8.6) it is said: asya saumya-puruṣasya prayato vāṅ-manasi sampadyate manaḥ prāṇe prāṇas tejasi tejaḥ parasyāṁ devatāyām "When a good person leaves his material body, the voice enters the mind, the mind enters the life-air, the life-air enters the element fire, and the element fire enters the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Saṁśaya (doubt): Does the voice itself enter, or do only the activities of the voice enter? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): Because the nature of the mind is not like the nature of the voice, and because the voice and other parts of the body are subordinate to the mind, therefore it is only the activities of the voice that enter. Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion.