Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.2.28
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः
sākṣādapyavirodhaṃ jaiminiḥ
Sūtra translation
Jaimini thinks that there is no contradiction in the use of the words (to denote other things), though they directly declare (Brahman).
Agni and other words do not signify fire, etc. How- ever by the same words which ‘directly 9 i.e., primarily convey Brahman, the things of the world are denoted for the sake of communication, or through ignorance of the primary denotation of words. In taking this view, Jaimini says,4 no contradiction arises9 (from the two uses of the word to denote Brahman as well as the objects of the world). ‘ Other sages severally take up as their own a few of the judgments that form part of the spacious mind of Vyasa and make use of them, even as the houses etc., enclose por- tions of space.’ From this statement in the Skanda Parana, no contradiction, it is clear, exists between the opinions of Vyasa and the opinions held by the various sages (who are his pupils).