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

sad eva saumyedyam agra āsīt "O gentle one, in the beginning the Supreme Personality of Godhead alone existed." Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.2.3-4) continues: tad aikṣata bahu syāṁ prajāyeyeti tat tejo 'srjata. tat teja aikṣata bahu syāṁ prajāyeyeti tad āpo 'srjata . . . tā āpa aikṣanta bahvayaḥ syāma prajāyemahīti tā annam asrjanta. "The Supreme Personality of Godhead thought: I shall become many. I shall father children.' Then He created fire. Then fire thought: I shall become many. I shall father children.' Then fire created water. . . . Then water thought: `I shall become many. I shall father children.' Then water created grains." In this way it is clearly shown that fire, water, and grains were created. In this, however, there is a doubt. Saṁśaya (doubt): Was ether ever created or not? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): Because the Śruti-śāstra does not mention any creation of ether, therefore ether was never created, but was always existing. This idea is expressed in the following sūtra. Sūtra 1 na viyad aśruteḥ na—not; viyat—ether; aśruteḥ—because of not being described in the Śruti- śāstra. Not so for ether, because that is not described in the Śruti-śāstra. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Ether is eternal and was never created. Why is that? The sūtra explains: "Because that is not described in the Śruti-śāstra." The relevant passage of Chāndogya Upaniṣad mentions the creation of the other elements, but it does not