Sūtra 2.1.22Madhva · 2.1.23

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.1.22

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.1.23 in this text

Sūtra

अधिकं तु भेदनिर्देशात्

adhikaṃ tu bhedanirdeśāt

Sūtra translation

But Brahman on the other hand is (of) exalted (powers) from the declaration of the distinctive character.

In the case of Brahman, the question of fatigue, anxiety and other defects does not arise, (as it is with the individual soul). For Brahman is of superior might, t.e., almighty. The Lord's distinctive as well as ex- traordinary character is distinctly described* in such texts as the ’ following: “ He is the hearer, the thinker, the seer, the ordainer, the announcer, the knower (of everything) in detail, the person who is the inner guide of all beings " (A-A.III. 2. 4). {i He is the Lord ruling within thee, who rules within alL” (Br. V. vi.) ** The Lord who is beyond the reach of hunger, thirst, grief, loss of consciousness, old age, death, etc.” ib.