Sūtra 2.3.24Madhva · 2.3.25

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.3.24

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.3.25 in this text

Sūtra

अवस्थितिवैशेष्यादिति चेन्नाभ्युपगमाद्धृदिहि

avasthitivaiśeṣyāditi cennābhyupagamāddhṛdihi

Sūtra translation

If it he said that the extension all over the body is admissible in the case of the sandal ointment, as it is in actual contact with some part of the body, but not in the case of the soulwho8ereIationtothe body is not settled; we deny that, on ac- count of a special place for the soul, viz., unthin the heart, being acknowledged by Scripture beginning with, “ Within the heart.”

The extending (of the sensation) of (produced by) the sandal ointment is possible, since it is present in one spot as a whole and in other parts of the body in a not very intense form. But no such definite abode or locality is assigned to the soul in the body. This objection, we reply, is not valid. Scripture acknowledges a special place for the soul, as is seen in the text “ Within the heart indeed is this Atman (soul) (P. U. Ill—6).