Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.2.41
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.42 in this text
Sūtra
पूर्वन्तु बादरायणो हेतुव्यपदेशात्
pūrvantu bādarāyaṇo hetuvyapadeśāt
Sūtra translation
Badarayana taye the aforesaid (Brahman), (as well at the Dharma are the cause of fruit) at they are declared to be such (in general terms); but with a difference (viz., Brahman is the agent and Karma is the means).
Though the Supreme Being and Karma (action) are both the cause of fruit. Karma does not guide the Supreme Being; on the other hand it is the Supreme Being that guides and rules (our) action. Thus the fact of their being the cause of fruit in different ways is dec- lared in the text, “ He leads the soul to the world of happi- ness in consideration of his righteousness, or to the world of misery in consideration of his unrighteousness " (Pr. III. 2). And the glorious Lord confers knowledge (on the devoted) for his righteousness, and absolves him from sin and leads him to eternal bliss •> (such is the boundless mercy of the Lord). The mere instrumentality of Karma has been already spoken of in the text, “ Matter, Action, Time, etc, exist or cease to exist at the pleasure of the Lord."