Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.2.36

Iswara, the Pasupati (Rudra) cannot be the cause of the world; for he is dependent and consequently unfit to be the cause, as appears from the texts, “ Whomsoever I like, I make ; I can make (Rudra) the fierce, Brahma (the fourfaced), the sage, the intelligent.” (Rv. X., 125. 5). “ I string the bow against Rudra, who brings miseries on the haters of Brahman, indeed, for killing him.” (ib. 6) “ O Asvins, you both have attained to this perfectly happy rank by the Grace of that Lord Vishnu,1—the Lord who is most illustrious, and most powerful, and the Lord of all, having worshipped whom with offerings, ^pd (sacrificial) acts and meditation, Rudra who is the presid- ing deity of Ahankaratatva, who impels the souls ipfo worldly ways, obtained this proud rank of the Rudras ” ; (Rv. VII. 40. 5.) “ Narayana alone was, then was neither Brahma, nor Isana (Rudra), nor were there Agni qpd Soma.” (Mn. 1).