Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.34
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.35 in this text
Sūtra
स्थानविशेषात प्रकाशादिवत
sthānaviśeṣāta prakāśādivata
Sūtra translation
The difference arises from the peculiar character of the place (receptacle or the reflecting surface), as in the case of the sun’8 light, etc.
Just as there is a difference of character in the images or reflections of the sun caused by the peculiari- ties of the receptacle or the reflecting surface such as a looking glass, lens, etc.; so the bliss, etc., of the Lord being the same, they (the reflected bliss, etc.) become different when they are reflected in Brahma and other souls, only on account of their (souls’) own peculiarities, (viz., essential character, devotion and other virtues). And this is said in the Varaha Purana : “ The bliss, etc., become reflected in different ways according to the peculiarities of character and qualities in Brahma and other souls of the three grades, the middling, the exalted, etc., (and the inferior).”