Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.16
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.3.17 in this text
Sūtra
आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्
ātmagṛhītiritaravaduttarāt
Sūtra translation
By the term ‘ Atman,’ all the four, blits, etc., are comprehended, as appears from the subsequent sentence, just as it it the case in other texts.
Further the emphasis in the phrase ‘ as the Atman only ’ is not inconsistent with the statement made in the Sutra, “ Bliss, etc., for the sake of the main purpose ” 5 for just as in the texts, “ Brahman is truth, is wisdom, is perfect ” (Tait II. 1), “ Brahman is pure wisdom, bliss ” (Bri. V. 9.28), the adjuncts are taken to impU other attributes also. So the term ‘ Atman ’ in the text under question implies all the four attributes; for the subsequent sentence has “ Indeed in Him (the Atman spoken of in the previous sentence) all these qualities meet '' (Bri. III. 4.7). And it is said in the Brihat Tantra thus : “ Because of His being in the experience of perfect bliss and wisdom, eternal and destitute of de- fects, the Lord of Lords is called Atman by those that understand and expound the Vedas/'