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

The example of Vāmadeva is found in the following passage of Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.4.10): tad vaitat paśyan nṛṣir vāmadevaḥ pratipade ahaṁ manur abhavaṁ sūryaś ca "Seeing this, the sage Vāmadeva repeated at every moment:`I was Manu. I was the sun-god.'" Here Vāmadeva identifies himself with Manu and the sun-god because the Supreme Brahman is the controller who grants powers to Vāmadeva, Manu, and the sun-god. Because they all obtain their powers from the Supreme Brahman, in one sense, they are all one. The Supreme Brahman is all-pervading. He is, in one sense, one with everything that is pervaded by Him. This confirmed by the following statements of smṛti-śāstra: yo 'yaṁ tavāgato deva-samīpaṁ devatā-gaṇaḥ sa tvam eva jagat-sraṣṭā yataḥ sarva-gato bhavān "Whoever comes before You, be he a demigod, is created by You, O Supreme Personality of Godhead."* —Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.9.69 sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato 'si sarvam "You are all-pervading, and thus you are everything."* —Bhagavad-gītā 11.40 In ordinary usage also, when there is a great assembly in a certain place, people call that oneness, because there is unity of place, and also when there is agreement of opinion, that is also called oneness. For example, it is said: "In the evening the scattered cows assemble in one place and thus attain oneness," and "The disputing monarchs finally agreed and became one in their opinion." At this point someone may raise the following objection: Is it not so that although there are many passages indicating that the word prāṇa in this passage refers to Brahman, still there are many other passages that demonstrate that it is not possible for the word prāṇa to refer Brahman. Some examples are: na vācaṁ vijijñāsītā vaktāraṁ vidyāt "Do not try to understand the meaning of a statement without first