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

Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): As a person entering a king's capitol resides in the same city as the king but does not attain a private audience with the king, so the liberated soul resides on the same planet with the Lord. Therefore the soul attains sālokya liberation Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion. Sūtra 4 avibhāgena dṛṣṭatvāt avibhāgena—without separation; dṛṣṭatvāt—because of being seen. There is no separation, for that is seen. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The liberated soul is not separated from the Lord. In this way the soul attains sāyujya liberation. Why is that? The sūtra explains, "dṛṣṭatvāt" (for that is seen). This means, "for this situation is seen in the Śruti-śāstra". For example, in Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.8) it is said: yathā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudre astaṁ gacchanti nāma-rūpe vihāya yathā vidvān nāma-rūpād vimuktaḥ parāt paraṁ puruṣam upaiti divyam "As flowing rivers abandon their names and forms and meet with the sea, so the enlightened soul, free of what had been his name and form, meets with the effulgent Supreme Person." That the word "sāyujya" means "meeting" is seen in the following passage of the Mahā-Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (25.1): ya evaṁ vidvān udag-ayane pramīyate devānām eva mahimānaṁ gatvādityasya sāyujyaṁ gacchati "The soul that dies during the six months when the sun travels in the north