Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.1.18

When it is admitted that the quality of being effi- cacious, belonging to the means, is derived from the Lord, then the bringing together of the means as proving the existence of the ruled serves but to glorify the Lord’s supremacy. From such authorities it is reasonable to hold that the Lord creates with other things as means of which He is the master. The other Vedic passages which speak to the same effect are such as the following; “ Hiranyagarbha is born with waters (*.*., the elements) and so the eight, etc.” (Mn. i-ii).