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

Sūtra 11 na saṅkhyopasaṅgrahād api nānā-bhāvād atirekāc ca na -not; saṅkhya-of numbers; upasaṅgrahāt -because of enumeration; api -even; nānā-various; bhāvāt-states; atirekāt-because of going beyond; ca-and. Even though they give the same numbers as the saṅkhya theory, these words do not refer to the saṅkhya theory because the the numbers here actually exceed saṅkhya's numbers and because the elements of saṅkhya are variegated (and not grouped into five groups of five). Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The word api (even) here is used in the sense of "even if we consider for a moment this view." By noting that the number here is the same number as the saṅkhya elements does not prove that pañca-pañca-jana refers to the saṅkhya elements. Why? The answer is given in the words beginning nānā-bhāvāt. Because the variegated saṅkhya elements are not divided into five groups of five, it is not possible to accept the 5 X 5 here as referring to the 25 saṅkhya elements. Also, the addition of atmā and ākāśa brings the number up to 27. Simply by hearing the word pañca five) twice one should not be bewildered into thinking these two fives refer to the 25 elements of the saṅkhya theory. "What is your interpretation of pañca-pañca-jana?" someone may ask. The word pañca-jana is the name of a group just as the word saptaṛṣi (the seven sages) is the name of a group. This is explained by Pāṇini (Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.1.50) in the words dik-saṅkhye saṁjñāyām (Words indicating direction or number may be compounded with another word in the same case). As each of the saptaṛṣis may be called saptaṛṣi, in the same way there may be five pañca-janas, each of whom may be called a pañca-jana, and all the pañca-janas together may be called the five pañca-janas. In this way the meaning of the word pañca-jana is very clear. Who are these pañca-janas? To answer this question he says: Sūtra 12 prāṇādayo vākya-śeṣāt prāṇa-breath; ādayaḥ -beginning with; vākya-of the statement; śeṣāt-from the remainder.