Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.1.23

“Thou art indeed that breath which will confer (confers and conferred) on the four-faced, the various blessings, and so thou art highly blessed; and thou art the breath as, thou impellest the nine gods (guiding) the senses to action.” In this passage by the expression, ‘ highly blessed/ supreme bliss is predicated of Breath. By general acceptation. Breath has come to be understood as Vayu, but it is not so here. For it is Vishnu who is the Breath ; and for this very reason, namely, the attributes indicating Him, as in the text, ‘ Sri and Lakshmi are Thy consorts, the day and night (sun and moon) are Thy sides.” (T. A.iii. 13). The text, ‘ He who knows Him as hidden in the cave (enshrined in the inmost heart),’ (T. V. ii. 1) has been quoted. The thing which is placed in the heart is said to be (some) light in the following text, “ The ears turn away, the eye (turns away) from the light which is placed in the heart.” c Of the light from which the senses stray far), ‘ even the mind strays far, what shall I of poor mind say or think at all.’ (Rv. VI. 9. 6). And this light being mentioned in the hymn dedi- cated to Agui, avowedly it is held to be Agni only. To controvert this view the Sutrakara Says