Sūtra 1.2.18Madhva · 1.2.18

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.2.18

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अंतर्याम्यधिदैवादिषु तद्धर्मव्यपदेशात्

aṃtaryāmyadhidaivādiṣu taddharmavyapadeśāt

Sūtra translation

The internal ruler (is Vishnu), on account of Hie characteristic attributes being mentioned in the passage treat ing of the Adhidevas, etc. (Presiding deities, etc.).

From such texts as “ (He) whom Prithivi does not know, who is different from Prithivi,” containing attri- butes characteristic of Brahman, declared in passages treating of the presiding deities, etc. (He is the incom- prehensible (unknown), and the dweller-in declared in the texts “ O, Vishnu, no one who was, is or will be, can fully comprehend Thy glory,” “He who is present every- where,-but not heard, reached, thought out, guided, seen, perceived or commanded, who is the Person dwelling within all beings.” (A.A. III 2-4.)