Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.1.6
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौणश्चेन्नात्मशब्दात्
gauṇaścennātmaśabdāt
Sūtra translation
If it (that which it spoken of) it said to ho the qualified Brahman, we deny that, on account of the word Atman (used in the text to denote the cause of the world).
It is not proper to hold that it is the qualified Brah- man that is spoken of as capable of being seen and des- cribed, and not the unqualified; for the word Atman used to denote the Lord (precludes this view). The Vamana Purana says, “ He is called Atman who is unassailed by the three qualities of matter aud unapproached by faults, with regard to whom the complex notion of abandoning and seeking together is incompatible; and, on the other hand, in the opinion of the wise, he is Anatman who is of the opposite character. The Talavakara Brahmana (has the following) :—There are indeed two forms of Brahman, Atman and Anatman. Of these that which is Atman is eternal, pure, unmixed of matter) unassailed by the three qualities ; but the other which is of the opposite character is Anatman. When the primary sense (of a word) is admissible, it is not fit to take it in the secondary sense.