Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.32
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.3.33 in this text
Sūtra
यावदधिकारमवस्थितिराधिकारिकाणाम्
yāvadadhikāramavasthitirādhikārikāṇām
Sūtra translation
The rank (in the heavenly world) of the eligible it (graded) just according to their eligibility.
As their eligibility for meditation is greater, their blessedness (bliss) in heaven is also of greater intensity (of greater measure). Accordingly the Chaturveda Sikha says, “ The bliss of the Gandharvas is greater than that of men; that of Rishis than that of the Gan- dharvas ; that of the gods than that of the Rishis; that of Indra than that of the gods, that of Rudra than that of Indra, that of Brahma than that of Rudra, and he (Brahma) indeed is Satananda (blessed a hundred times) .M The following is in the Adhyatma : " Knowledge, medi- tation and the bliss in heaven, all increase in degree and measure according as the gods stand higher in rank one over another.”