Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.3.40

The 'Cbaturveda Slkha says, “ Vishnu alone id light, Vishnu alone is Atman (Lord), Vishnu alone is Brah- man (the perfect Lord), Vishnu alone is strength ;(giver of strength), Vishnu alone.is glory (the cause of our glory), Vishnu alone is bliss.” Hence the Light spoken of here is none but Vishnu. Moreover, passing through the world is admitted also in the case of the Lord from the text, “ He (the soul) with the omniscient Lord seated in him departs (from the body) ” (Bri. VI. iii. 35). Vishnu has been said to be the supporter of all. The same seems to be predicated of Akasa (the sky) in the text, “ Akasa in fact is the. cause of all names and forms” (Ch. VIII. xiv. 1). By the phrase ‘in fact* is implied that a well-known thing is spoken of (here). Accordingly the well-known sky is to be taken by the word ‘ Akasa.* Here the Sutrakara says :