Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.19
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अंबुवदग्रहणात्तु न तथात्वम्
aṃbuvadagrahaṇāttu na tathātvam
Sūtra translation
In the absence of 'perception full of water, (t.e., know- ledge melting with love and devotion) that state is not (fully realised).
Perception full of water, i.e., knowledge attended with love (devotion); without devotion the like- ness which the soul bears to the Lord, (the essential nature of the soul), does not become fully manifest (revealed), for the Sruti says, “ To him whom the gracious Lord chooses, He is accessible; and to him the gracious Lord discovers his pure self” (Kath. II.23). “Bhakti (or devotion to a thing) is said to consist of the knowledge of its greatness joined to a love for it; and it is by such de- votion that the bliss, etc., which form the essential nature of the soul are fully permitted to be realised ” (Padma).