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

Sūtra 16 api sapta api—also; sapta—seven. There are seven and others also. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa In the Mahābhārata it is said: rauravo 'tha mahāṁś caiva vahnir vaitaraṇī tathā kumbhīpāka iti proktāny anitya-narakāṇi tu tamisras cāṇḍa-tāmisro dvau nityau samprakīrtitau iti sapta pradhānāni balīyas tūttarottaram "The temporary hells named 1. Raurava, 2. Mahān, 3. Vahni, 4. Vaitaraṇī, and 5. Kumbhīpāka, as well as the permanent hells named 6. Tamisra, and 7. Andha- tamisra, are said to be the seven most important hells, each one more horrible than the last." Thus the Smṛti-śāstra explains that sinners are punished for their sins in these hells. These hells are the places where sinners go. The word "api" (also) is used to indicate that in the Fifth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam other hells are also described. Here someone may object: Does this (the description of Yamarāja's punishment of sinners) not contradict the scriptures' declaration that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme controller of everything? The author of the sūtras now answers this objection: