Why does Bhagavatam say that Bhishma merged with the Supersoul?

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thank you The first canto said that Bhimshma must be the super soul how do we understand it it doesn’t say exactly that 1942 1942 knowing this what did they know Sampadyamanam Bhishma Brahmanyishkale Bhishma attained Brahmanyishkale Brahman is the Brahman is the absolute Nishkale that which without that which is non-differentiated that which is absolute that which is beyond duality Sampadyamanam Sampadyamanam it is talking about entering in as Prabhupada translated and merged into now if you look at it what is it saying it is saying that he entered into the absolute as I said Brahman refers to the absolute that’s why you see Prabhupada he translates Brahman not as the impersonal manifestation of absolute he translates it as knowing that Bhishma had merged into the unlimited eternity of the supreme absolute that means an unlimited eternity of the supreme absolute what does it mean simply means he attained the spiritual now what specific manifestation of the absolute truth he attained that means the word merging we shouldn’t be paranoid about that word what does the word merge literally mean it means that the absolute truth that one has entered into the spiritual energy now what has happened after one has entered into the spiritual energy that is something which we have to see based on context see if a devotee is worshipping the personal manifestation throughout one’s life then there is no reason why the lord will take him to the impersonal that’s what I have said that here Brahmani although the word Brahman comes it is not referring to him it is referring to Brahman in the generic sense of the absolute not in the specific sense of the impersonal absolute and sampajnamana merge when it says the word merging can be used in different senses from our vision from our vision when a green bird enters into a green tree it may just seem to be merging with the green tree we can no longer see it but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the green bird has lost its individuality so we have to see the context but just prior to this there are pure devotional verses where he is even thinking of Krishna as the gopis in Vrindavan so he is definitely not talking about an impersonal manifestation