Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.15
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
प्रकाशवच्चावैयर्थ्यम्
prakāśavaccāvaiyarthyam
Sūtra translation
As in the case of light, purposelessness of the Srvtis declaring hue and form of Brahman does not result; (for Brahman, though without colour and form effected by (Prakriti) or (matter) has colour and form constituting His spiritual essence).
As the Lord has colour and form which are of a different nature and essence from those which are the products of Prakriti (material cause), the scriptural statements such as the following do not lose their authori- tative character as declaring the colour and form of Brahman : “ When the intelligent (soul) sees the Lord of golden hue” (Ath. .III.1.3); “From the Lord of violet hue, I go to the Lord of variegated hue ” (Ch III. 13.1.) ; “ (Brahman is) the light of golden colour ” (Tait III. 10) Even when there is the light of the eye and other things (torches, etc.) in the house, it is usual to speak of the absence of light and the whole house as being covered with darkness in contradistinction to the great (distinct) light of the sun ; (similarly the Lord is said to be of no colour, as His colour and form are not the products of the material cause).