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: