Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.3.12

For, thickness, minuteness and other qualities enter- ing into the nature of other things, are excluded by SrutisaItis neither big nor small,” etc. (Bri. V. 8-8), as they cannot be predicated of the Akshara. According to the texts such as, “ He who is neither big, nor small, nor middle-sized but middle-sized, who does not pervade but pervades, He is Hari who is the first cause of all things, who is without a beginning, who is with- out the world and within the world, who has qualities and has.-no qualities,” all these. attributes are to be found only in Vishnu. “ Purushottama is uot thick, is #ot thin, is not the world, is also the world ; and so iq virtue of his supreme power unites in Himself attributes of contrary nature." So says the Bramapurana. In the Chandogya text, ** In the beginning of this (world), O thou deserving of Soma juice, there was only Sat (matter), ” (VI. 8) etc.. Sat (matter) is said to be the maker of the world, and that matter is seen to undergo change of form, as scripture says, “ I would be many and produce many forms.” (Ch. VI. 2). The (Sat) matter therefore, cannot be Vishnu; for Vishnu is avowedly un- changeable as conveyed by the text. “ He is without change, is always the pure eternal Lord Hari.” To refute this, Badarayana says :