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

Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The word ca (indeed) is used here to dispel doubt. That after a complete cosmic devastation there must be a new creation does not at all disprove the eternalness of the words of the Vedas. Why? The sūtra says samāna-nāma-rūpatvāc cāvṛttāv apy avirodho darśanāt smṛteś ca (Because the names and forms remain the same even at the beginning of a new creation, there is no contradiction. This is proved by śruti and smṛti). The meaning here is "because the previously spoken names and forms remain the same." At the time of the great cosmic devastation the eternal Vedas and the eternal archetypal forms described by the Vedas enter Lord Hari, the master of transcendental potencies, and rest within Him, becoming one with Him. At the time of the next creation they again become manifested from the Lord. Lord Hari and the four-faced demigod Brahmā both precede their acts of creation with recitation of Vedic mantras, which recitation leads to meditation on the archetypal forms. At the time of a new creation the creator remembers what He created in the previous creation and He again creates as He had created before. This is like a potter who, by saying the word "pot" remembers the forms of pots he previously fashioned, and goes on to make another pot. Just as the process of creation is performed in this way after the partial cosmic devastation, in the same way the process of creation is also performed after the complete cosmic devastation. How is all this known? The sūtra says darśanāt smṛteś ca (because this is proved by śruti and smṛti. The śruti says: ātmā vā idam eka evāgra āsīt sa aikṣata lokān utsṛjāḥ "In the beginning was only the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He thought: I shall create many worlds). Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.1 yo brahmāṇaṁ vidadhāti pūrvaṁ yo vai vedāṁś ca prahiṇoti tasmi tam "The Supreme Personality of Godhead created the Vedas and taught them to the demigod Brahmā). Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.18 sūryā-candramasau dhātā yathā-pūrvam akalpat "Brahmā created the sun and moon as he had done before." Ṛg Veda The smṛti says nyagrodhaḥ su-mahān alpe yathā bīje vyavasthitaḥ