Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.17
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.18 in this text
Sūtra
जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गादिति चेत्तद्व्याख्यातम्
jīvamukhyaprāṇaliṅgāditi cettadvyākhyātam
Sūtra translation
If it be said that from the special attributes, the individual soul and the chief of breaths are declared by the toords, tee say ‘no’ ; for it has been explained.
It has been said that a thing is denoted by the name of that which rules it. This circumstance is the charac- teristic of the individual soul and the chief of breaths. For the texts such as the following support this view “ When the soul abandons a branch, it at once withers.’’ (Ch. VI. 11-2). “ By Vayu indeed, all the people are led into every kind of activity.” But this view is to be refuted ; for the explanation has been given in connection with the threefold meditation in the Sutra (I. i. 31).