Could you kindly please clarify
these points.
1.Verse 17.23:-
Oḿ ity etad brahmaṇo
nediṣṭhaḿ nāma (Ṛg Veda) indicates the first
goal. Then tat tvam asi (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.7) indicates the
second goal.And sad eva saumya (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.1)
indicates the third goal.
I can understand the om tat sat together indicates supreme personality
of
God head, but could you explain the meaning of first goal, second goal
and
third goal which is given in the purport.
2. Second question is from chapter 15.18 where prabhupada quotes the
following( It is not clear to me how supersoul merges into impersonal
brahmajyoti as i thought it merges into body of mahavisnu at each cycle
of
creation, kindly explain that).
The following verse appears in the Vedas (Chāndogya Upaniṣad
8.12.3): tāvad eṣa samprasādo 'smāc charīrāt
samutthāya paraḿ jyoti-rūpaḿ sampadya svena
rūpeṇābhiniṣpadyate sa uttamaḥ
puruṣaḥ. "The Supersoul coming out of the body enters the
impersonal brahmajyoti; then in His form He remains in His spiritual
identity. That Supreme is called the Supreme Personality."