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

places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again."* In the Bhagavad-gītā (8.15 and 16) Lord Kṛṣṇa also declares: Here someone may express the following fear: Lord Hari is all-powerful, the master of all, perhaps at some point in time He may throw the liberated soul out of the spiritual world. Or perhaps the liberated soul may at some time voluntarily leave the spiritual world. There is no need to fear in this way, for Lord Kṛṣṇa has explained in Bhagavad- gītā (7.17): priyo hi jñānino tv artham ahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ "of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is very dear to Me."* Lord Kṛṣṇa also declares in Śrīma-Bhāgavatam (9.4.68): sādhavo hṛdayaṁ mahyaṁ sādhūnāṁ hṛdayaṁ tv aham "The pure devotee is always in the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them."* In these words the mutual love of the Lord and His devotee is described. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (9.4.65) Lord Kṛṣṇa declares: ye dārāgāra-putrāptān prāṇān vittam imaṁ param hitvā māṁ śaraṇaṁ yātāḥ kathaṁ tāṁs tyaktum utsahe "Since pure devotees give up their homes, wives, children, relatives, riches, and even their lives simply to serve Me, without any material improvement in this life or in the next, how can I give up such devotees at any time?"*

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.8.6) it is also said: dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa- pāda-mūlaṁ na muñcati mukta-sarva-parikleśaḥ panthāḥ sva-śaraṇaṁ yathā "A pure devotee of the Lord whose heart has once been cleansed by the process of devotional service never relinquishes the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, for they fully satisfy him, as a traveler is satisfied at home after a troubled journey."* In this way the scriptures explain that the Supreme Personality of Godhead will never abandon His devotee and the devotee will always ardently love the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always truthful and His desires are always at once fulfilled. He is an ocean of love for they who take shelter of Him. He washes away the ignorance that made His devotees turn from Him. Once He brings back to Himself His dear devotees, who are His parts and parcels, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will not again let them go. In the same way the individual soul, who had been searching for happiness and who finally has turned from the pathetic, wretched, pale reflection of happiness he had for many births sought in the material world in many ways, and who now, by the mercy of the bona-fide spiritual master has understood the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, of whom he is a part and parcel, who now has no desire apart from the Supreme Lord, who is now purely engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Lord, and who has now attained the Supreme Lord, whose spiritual form is filled with limitless bliss, and who is the merciful friend and master, will never desire to leave such a Lord. In this way the truth is understood from the scriptures. This truth is understood only by taking shelter of the scriptures. The words of the sūtra are repeated to indicate the conclusion of the book. Epilogue samuddhṛtya yo duḥkha-paṅkāt sva-bhaktān nayaty acyutaś cit-sukhe dhāmni nitye priyān gāḍha-rāgāt tilārdhaṁ vimoktuṁ na svecchaty asāv eva su-jñair niṣevyaḥ Let the wise worship and serve Lord Govinda, the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, who lifts his devotees from the mud of material sufferings, takes them to His eternal and blissful spiritual abode, and out of deep love for them will not leave them for even half a moment.

śrīmad-govinda-pādā- ravinda-makaranda-lubdha-cetobhiḥ govinda-bhāṣyam etat pāṭhyaṁ śapatho 'rpito 'nyebhyaḥ Let they whose hearts are greedy to taste the honey of the lotus flower that is glorious Lord Govinda's feet study this Govinda-bhāṣya. Let a curse fall on the non-devotees who try to study it. vidyā-rūpaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ me pradāya khyātiṁ ninye tena yo mām udāraḥ śrī-govindaḥ svapna-nirdiṣṭa-bhāṣyo rādhā-bandhur bandhurāṅgaṁ sa jīyāt All glories to graceful and handsome Lord Govinda, who is the dear friend of Śrī Rādhā, who kindly gave me the name Vidyābhūṣaṇa, and who spoke this commentary to me in a dream.