Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.3.42
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
सुषुप्त्युत्क्रांत्योर्भेदेन
suṣuptyutkrāṃtyorbhedena
Sūtra translation
(He who teet dreamt it Brahman only on account of scripture deteribing both Brahman and tout) as dittinct both in the state, of tleep and in departing.
From the texts, “Embraced by the omniscient Lord, he perceives nothing within or without ” (Bri. VI. iii. 21) ; “ With the omniscient Lord seated in him, he goes, casting off (the body) ” (Bri. VI. iii. 35), which state the distin- guishing characteristics, it is concluded that the Supreme Lord is the thing untouched (unassailed) by (anything extraneous), but not the soul. The seeing of dreams, etc., also properly belongs to Him alone, for He is omniscient. The eternal glory which has been predicated of Brahman seems to be predicated of a Brahmana also in the text, “This eternal glory belongs to the Brahmana.” (Bri. VI. iv. 23). This Brahmana from the subsequent text, “ He is indeed this great Aja the Self” (Bri. VI. 24), seems to be the four-faced Brahman, especially so, on account of the word Aja occurring in it. And in a previous Sutra, “ Above them, etc.” the gods, it has been shown, attain to celestial situations by (the acquisition of superior knowledge and by a course of sacrificial acts, (while this Brahmana possessed of eternal glory cannot be included among the gods). To refute this objection the Sutrakara says :