Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.19
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.20 in this text
Sūtra
वाक्यान्वयात्
vākyānvayāt
Sūtra translation
Having regard also to the construing of (all) sentences (the whole body of scripture as ultimately referring to the main subject Brahman it should be granted that other things also are spoken of in scripture).
It is right to construe even sentences so as to connect every proposition (in scripture) with the Lord, though they may individually convey different (Judgments) state* ments of their own. (For otherwise, such passages of scripture as deal with action, etc., could not satisfy the enquiry of the eligible after a connected idea of the subject matter in all parts of scripture). (How do words, etc,, describing actions and things other than Brahman lead to the knowledge of Brahman ?) This question is answered in the following sutra).