Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.14
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.15 in this text
Sūtra
कारणत्वेनचाकाशादिषु यथा व्यप दिष्टोक्तेः
kāraṇatvenacākāśādiṣu yathā vyapa diṣṭokteḥ
Sūtra translation
Brahman stands (also) as the cause (and as effect) in Akâsa and other things j on account of (the Lord) being mentioned in the manner described•
It is He (Vishnu) only that is present in Akâsa and other things, as mediate cause (also); for He is mentioned in the manner described, (i.e., as unperceived, etc.), as pre- sent) in Akâsa, etc., by such texts as, “ He who stands in Akâsa, etc.” (Bri. V. vii. 12). Now an objection arises, if all the words should dec- lare the Supreme Lord, as to how their use is to be ex- plained (in the world) as denoting other things. So the Sutrakara says :