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

Pada 3 Invocation yaḥ sva-prāpti-pathaṁ devaḥ sevanābhāsato 'diśat prāpyaṁ ca sva-padaṁ preyān mamāsau śyāmasundaraḥ I love handsome and dark Lord Kṛṣṇa, who shows, even to they who have only the dim reflection of devotional service, the path that leads to Him. Adhikaraṇa 1 Many Paths or One? Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa In this pada will be described the nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the path that leads to the realm of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (4.15.5-6) it is said: atha yad u caivāsmin śavyaṁ kurvanti yadi ca nārciṣam evābhisambhavaty arciṣo 'har aha āpūryamānam āpūryamāna-pakṣād yan sad-udaḍḍeti māsān tān samebhyaḥ saṁvatsaraṁ saṁvatsarād ādtityam ādityāc candramasaṁ candramaso vidyutaṁ tat puruṣo 'mānavaḥ. sa etān brahma gamayaty eṣa deva-patho brahma- patha etena pratipadyamāna imaṁ mānavam āvartaṁ nāvartante. "Whether his final rites are performed or not, the yogī goes to the light. From the light he goes to the day. From the day he goes to bright fortnight. From the bright fortnight he goes to the six months when the sun travels in the north. From the six months when the sun travels in the north he goes to year. From the year he goes to the sun. From the sun he goes to the moon. From the moon he goes to lightning. From there a divine person leads him to Brahman. This is the path to the Lord, the path to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They who travel this path do not return to the world of human beings." In this passage light is the first stage on this path. However, in the Kauṣītakī