Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.4.6
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.4.7 in this text
Sūtra
हस्तादयस्तु स्थितेऽतो नैवम्
hastādayastu sthite'to naivam
Sūtra translation
But the hand and other organs are of a different character (intended for action) ; hence they are not spoken of thus (along with the intellectual organs).
As the hand and other organs are the instruments of action, they are not spoken of in the same rank as the other (intellectual) organs are. “ The knowing think that action is called ‘ sthita * (the stagnating), because it makes _ one stagnate in the worldly existence. Therefore know- ledge as the cause of being lifted up, is here called * the moving ’ (the way) ” (Vayuprokta). In the text, “ The Supreme Being is pervading the sky like the eye ” (Rv. 1. 22*20), pervasion seems to be said of the organs of sense. There is also the argument to support it, viz., that by them things at a distance are heard, seen, etc.; whereas the Kaundinya Sruti says, “ By the atoms, he sees, by the atoms he works, the Pranas (organs) are indeed the atoms ; for by the Pranas all this is brought about” Heuce the Sutrakara says: