Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.3.24

From the (special term) ! Vamana,’ itself, Vishnu is understood to be (the one seated in) the middle, worship- ped by all the gods. For here the characteristic (attri- butes of Vayu as shown above) cannot be more author- itative (conclusive) than Sruti (the meaning directly con- veyed by the words). So it is said in Skanda, “ The word, characteristic marks, parallel passages, the sentence, the context, the topic are-important according to their prece- dence (i.e., authoritative in the descending order). This is the principle to be observed in deciding as to the mean- ing of (the) Vedic passages. Moreover, the characteris- tic attributes which are here pointed out belong to Vishnu only; for He is spoken of as Prana in the text, “ therefore indeed thou art Prana.”