Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.1.2
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
त्र्यात्मकत्वात्तु भूयस्त्वात्
tryātmakatvāttu bhūyastvāt
Sūtra translation
(The soul goes enveloped in all the elements, not merely in water), because water consists of three elements and also prepon- derates (over other elements in the body) ; (therefore the term water indicates all the three).
(When it has to be said that all the elements accom- pany the departing soul), the use of the term * water ’ in the text is appropriate; for it is a compound of the three elements, (fire, water and earth), and the proportion of water (in all the three kinds of body taken together), is greater than that of either of the two other elements. This characteristic of preponderating over other elements is mentioned along with its other properties in theBhaga- vata as follows: “ Moistening, adhesion, satisfaction, force, gratification, condensation, mitigation of heat, preponder- ance,—these are the properties of water.”