Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.1.35
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.1.36 in this text
Sūtra
न कर्माविभागादिति चेन्नानादित्वात्
na karmāvibhāgāditi cennānāditvāt
Sūtra translation
If it he said that the Lord cannot be said to mea- sure his gifts by the works of the soul, on account of His being the cause of such activity also, the objection is to be rejected for the (series of) action is eternal.
It may be stated that the thing in consideration of which the Lord dispenses the fruit cannot be the action (of souls) for even the action proceeds from (caused by) Him. And this is supported by the Sruti, ‘‘ The Lord only makes him do righteous deeds whom the Lord choo- ses to lift up ; and He (Hari) only makes him do un- righteous deeds whom the Lord chooses to hurl down.” (Kau. III. 8.) But this objection is futile; for there being an antecedent Karma as the cause of everyone of the sub- sequent Karmas which the Lord causes the soul to do, the series of Karmas is eternal. The same idea is expressed in the Bhavishyat Purana—“ Vishnu impels the soul on such a course of action as is the necessary consequence of some previous action of the soul. Thus Karma or action being eternal, the fault of being partial and mer- ciless can in no wise attach itself to the Lord.