Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.16
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.17 in this text
Sūtra
जगद्वाचित्वात्
jagadvācitvāt
Sūtra translation
For (they, words, are first known) as the names of the things of the word.
The world (men) think and talk of the world generally but not of the Supreme Lord. Hence words have been known as attached to the world (to the things of the world).