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

Adhikaraṇa 11
Meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
Viṣaya (the subject to be discussed): In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (1.11) it is
said:
jñātvā devaṁ sarva-pāśāpahāniḥ
kṣīṇaiḥ kleśair janma-mṛtyu-prahāniḥ
tasyābhidhyānāt tṛtīyaṁ deha-bhede
viśvaiśvaryaṁ kevala āpta-kāmaḥ
"By understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a person becomes free
from all material bondage, his sufferings perish, and he escapes the cycle of
repeated birth and death. By meditating on the Supreme Lord, when one is finally
separated from the material body he enters the opulent spiritual world and attains
a spiritual body where all his desires are fulfilled."
This verse means that by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead a
person cuts the ropes of false possessiveness that make him think that his body,
house, and other things are all his property. Here the scripture glorifies knowledge
of the Lord, saying that knowledge destroys the sufferings of repeated birth and
death. By understanding the Lord and always meditating on Him, a person
becomes free of both gross and subtle material bodies, travels beyond Candraloka
and Brahmaloka, and enters the third realm, the realm of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. What is that realm of the Lord like? The scripture explains: it is
"viśvaiśvarya" (full of spiritual opulences), it is "kevala" (untouched by matter),
and it is "āpta-kāma" (all desires are fulfilled there). Here it is clearly said that this
abode is attained by understanding the truth of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, truth taught in the revealed scriptures.
Saṁśaya (doubt): Is meditation mandatory or optional?
Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): Meditation is mandatory, for it increases
faith and thus fixes the mind on the Lord.
Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives
His conclusion.