Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.10

When falling into a swoon, the soul has a half enter- ing into Brahman. The following is said in the Varâha Purâna, “ When the soul is at a distance from the Lord in the heart, he will be in the state of wastefulness > when he is nearer to Him, he is in dreams. When he has entered into the Lord, he sleeps. These three states being of such description, the state of being in a swoon has this only explanation left, that is, it is half entering jnto the Lord; for in this state there is fhe sensation of pain only continued (as observed on recovery).” Like the other three states, this too is brought about by the Lord only and from this senseless state, the soul is restored to consciousness by the same Lord. And this is said in the Kurmapurana, “ He is, (let it be under- stood), the Supreme Lord, only from whom the state of swooning and recovery from it proceedfor He is of that essence which consists of perfect bliss/’ We see that things like a jar, etc., occupying diffe- rent positions are different from Brahman, and from -each other, and that they are in the relation of being the sup- port and the supported. (Similarly Visva, Taijasa, Pragna and other manifestations) of the Lord having different places may differ from each other (and be of different grades) and related to each other as the support and the supported. To prevent such a wrong view, the Sutrakara says: