Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.22
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
प्रकृतैतावत्वं हि प्रतिषेधति ततो ब्रवीति च भूयः
prakṛtaitāvatvaṃ hi pratiṣedhati tato bravīti ca bhūyaḥ
Sūtra translation
Also because the same test denies of Brahman the limitation of power to the extent spoken of at first and declares of Him something more than that.
The Sruti having prohibited the idea that the Lord’s power is limited to what is said iu the earlier part of the text itself, declares in the latter part something more of Him than what has been said, to wit, “ Not of this ex- tent only; there is something more ; He who showers everything desired by the devoted, supports and nourishes both heaven and earth” (R. V. x. 31. 8). The term * also ’ (cha) implies the following Smriti (speaking to the same effect) : “ The creation, protection and destrucr tionand order of the whole world are the work of the one Lord Hari only, for He is almighty ” (Brahmânda Purana). Further the direct knowledge of the Supreme Lord can be obtained only through His grace by intense devo- tion, not merely by other efforts of the soul. To make this truth clear, (the utmost subtlety of the Lord) is affirmed (in the following Sutra).