Sūtra 1.3.19Madhva · 1.3.19

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.3.19

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उत्तराच्चेदाविर्भूतस्वरूपस्तु

uttarāccedāvirbhūtasvarūpastu

Sūtra translation

But if it be again said that it is the individual soul which is in the subtle ether, from the subsequent passage showing the attributes of being ‘ free from sins’ possible in the soul, we say i no9; for (the subject of the subsequent passage) is the released (soul), (the one whose essential nature has been delivered from mundane bondage).

From the subsequent text, u There he goes about, eating, sporting, rejoiced," (Ch. VIII-xii-3) the indi- vidual soul only may appear fit to be taken (as referred to); but it cannot be done, for even there, the released (soul) who has attained to his original state as pure spirit, through the grace of the supreme Lord is declared. Accordingly the text is to be interpreted thus, “ That Lord has been spoken of in the earlier passage through whose grace the soul becomes released/’