Sūtra 2.1.21Madhva · 2.1.22

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.1.21

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.1.22 in this text

Sūtra

इतरव्यपदेशाद्धिताकरणादिदोषप्रसक्तिः

itaravyapadeśāddhitākaraṇādidoṣaprasaktiḥ

Sūtra translation

If it be said that on account of the other7s (souVs) authorship being declared, lit is the absolute agent, then, it might be said, he (the creator) is liable to the defects of being unable to accomplish his own good, etc.

If the individual soul is held to be the sole agent (creator), that would be inconsistent with the soul's inability to do what is good to himself, and on the other hand working his own evil-