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

death. It is either to demonstrate that power, or to show the example of a saintly person that he acted in that way. Therefore there is no disadvantage in dying during the six months when the sun passes in the south. Here someone may object: The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself affirms in Bhagavad-gītā (8.23-26): yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha. . . . . . śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ "O best of the Bhāratas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, the yogī does or does not come back.* "Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain the Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the north.* "The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the fortnight of the waning moon, or the six months when the sun passes to the south reaches the moon planet but again comes back.* "According to Vedic opinion, there are two ways of passing from this world, one in light and one is darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back. But when one passes in darkness, he returns."* In this passage word "day" and other words denoting time are prominent, and therefore it is clearly shown that time is and important factor for the attainment of liberation. It is also shown that one who dies during the night or during the six months when the sun passes in the south does not attain liberation. The author of the sūtras speaks the following words to refute this objection. Sūtra 21 yoginaḥ prati smaryate smārte caite yoginaḥ—the yogīs; prati—to; smaryate—is remembered; smārte—the two that are remembered; ca—and; ete—they.