आचाराद्वेदशास्त्राणामाद्य एवाऽन्यथोदिते । आरम्भोऽपि तथाऽन्येषामनित्यः संस्थितः क्रमः ॥ २४ ॥
ācārādvēdaśāstrāṇāmādya ēvā’nyathōditē | ārambhō’pi tathā’nyēṣāmanityaḥ saṁsthitaḥ kramaḥ || 24 ||
Translation
In one, the first creator, risen through the conduct of the Vedas and scriptures, made it otherwise; and so too the beginning of the others: no order stands fixed.
Word by word
- ācārād
- (ācārāt) through the conduct
- vēda
- of the Vedas
- śāstrāṇām
- and scriptures
- ādya
- the first creator
- ēva
- indeed
- anyathā
- otherwise
- uditē
- risen
- ārambhō
- the beginning
- api
- too
- tathā
- so
- anyēṣām
- of the others
- anityaḥ
- not fixed
- saṁsthitaḥ
- stands
- kramaḥ
- order
Meaning
The first commentary raises the Veda's word, "the creator made them as before" (dhātā yathāpūrvam akalpayat), which seems to say every creation is the same. That holds within a line of creations; between the creators of different world-eggs, each risen by his own past conduct, no single order is fixed.