Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.3.16
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
चराचरव्यपाश्रयस्तु स्यात्तद्व्यपदेशोभाक्तस्तद्भावभावित्वात्
carācaravyapāśrayastu syāttadvyapadeśobhāktastadbhāvabhāvitvāt
Sūtra translation
Though the statement (equally) refers to the ‘ moving ’ and the * non-moving,’ still it has here only partial denotation as it (memos) settles upon them (the ‘ moving ’ and the ‘ non-moving,’ and it (cognition) is produced.
The statement, * And from Manas, Vignana is pro- duced,’ refers to the moving (active Manas) and the non- moving (passive objects) and means Vignana (distinct knowledge) results from contemplating the thiugs moving and non-moving; so it is made with reference to the partial denotation of the words, Manas and Vignana (mind as an organ and intellect as mind’s activity), not with reference to the permanent and fundamental princi- ple of Vignana (Intellect). The following is in the Skânda Purana, “ From the Supreme Lord, Avyakta was produced; from Avyakta, Mahat; and from Mahat whose presiding deity is the four-faced, the principle of Vignana Intellect; from the principle of Intellect, (the principle of) Mind ; and from the principle of Mind, Ether and the rest. Such is the order of the chief creation, outside the egg of the universe. The (order of) creation within (the universe or the individual body) has reference to the manifestation or realisation (of the Tattvas). Consequently there is here a reverse order to be known ; for the cognition (realisation) of Hari comes as the last step.