गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)
Govinda Bhashya of Baladeva Vidyabhushana with Commentary
श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण (संपादक: कृष्णदास बाबा जी) द्वारा
पृष्ठ 499, कुल 647 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंSupreme Lord and bring Him under their control. The activities of devotional
service invoke the appearance of the Lord, who comes in His spiritual and blissful
form, with the graceful hair on His head and the other features of His body. In the
nyāya-śāstra it is said:
śrutes tu śabda-mūlatvāt
In this way it is shown that the Supreme extraordinary, inconceivable, and
beyond the limits imposed by the material world. He cannot be understood by
material logic.
Sūtra 13
nāviśeṣāt
na—not; aviśeṣāt—because of being not specific.
No. For it is not specific.
Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
The Śruti-śāstra does not order that a person wise with transcendental
knowledge of Supreme must perform Vedic rituals throughout his entire life. Why
is that? The sūtra explains: "aviśeṣāt" (for it is not specifically stated). In the
Mahā-Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka 10.5 it is said:
na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ
"By performing Vedic rituals, fathering good children, or giving wealth in
charity one does not attain liberation. It is by renunciation that one attains
liberation."
In this way there is no specific order that one must always perform Vedic
rituals. The Śruti-śāstra gives different instructions about Vedic rituals (sometimes
encouraging and sometimes discouraging them) because these instructions are
intended for different āśramas.
After thus refuting these objections, the author of the sūtras proceeds to