Sūtra 1.4.11Madhva · 1.4.12

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.11

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.4.12 in this text

Sūtra

न संख्योपसङ्ग्रहादपि नानाभावादतिरेकाच्च

na saṃkhyopasaṅgrahādapi nānābhāvādatirekācca

Sūtra translation

Though there are brief statements compassing the idea of plurality, still there is no objection to such statements or words declaring Brahman • for He manifests Himself in different forms, and there are other forms (in the supported in addition to those in the support)•

In texts such as, “ In the Lord who is present in all bodies, are situated the five five-people and Akâsa,” (Bri. VI. iv. 17), though the terms denote plurality of things, there is no difficulty caused ; for the same Lord assumes various forms in Akâsa and other things and these are additional forms. (Now) the Sutrakara states who those five-people are.