Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.2.10a
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.11 in this text
Sūtra
महद्दीर्घवद्दा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्
mahaddīrghavaddā hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām
Sūtra translation
Just as molecules being great and long are the cause of increased dimension or size in their effects, so al*o the atoms and a binary atomic compound from their shortness and sphericity might become the cause of size in their effects.
If the quarternary atomic compounds, etc., being great and long could produce effects (things) having dimensions then the binary compounds and atoms too, could produce effects of corresponding dimensions on account of their shortness and sphericity. The contrast implied by the phrase ‘ Just as ’ means that otherwise even the former should be held incapable of producing any dimension in their products ,• for their is nothing to cause a distinction (between the two sets) referred to.