Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.1.25
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
छन्दोभिधानान्नेतिचेन्न तथाचेतोर्पणनिगदात्तथाहि दर्शनम्
chandobhidhānānneticenna tathācetorpaṇanigadāttathāhi darśanam
Sūtra translation
If it he objected that Gafktri denotes, not Brahman hut (by general acceptation) the metre, which is so called ; (we reply) it is not so, because Brahman is thus spoken of for the direction of the mind and because scripture is of such purport.
# The Wght referred to in the text, “ Now, that light which shines beyond heavens” (Ch. iii, 13, 7), is men- tioned at the commencement of a previous text as “Gayatri indeed is all this.” (Ch. iii. 12. i). Therefore it is not Vishnu. This objection we deny ; for Brahman is spoken of in such terms in order to concentrate the mind on Brahman. That is, it is spoken of in such terms, that the mind may think of Brahman, as possessing the attributes etymologically connoted by the words Agni, Gayatri, etc. So says scripture. “ He sings and saves*” (Ch. iii. 12. i), and so on. “ He is declared by the names of all metres, of all the gods, of all the worlds, (being the cause and Lord of all) ; and the other things bear these names only owing to His presence in them.” (Vamana Purana).