Sūtra 3.3.3Madhva · 3.3.4

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.3

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.4 in this text

Sūtra

सलिलवच्च तन्नियमः

salilavacca tanniyamaḥ

Sūtra translation

And that injunction is but analogous to the case of waiter.

Just as the natural law is that all water goes to the sea, so also is the rule that all speech (words) is meant to lead to the knowledge of Brahman ; and it is said in the Agneya Purana, “Just as the water of all rivers would, if possible, find its way to the sea, so all sentences (words) according to the ability of the person lead to the know- ledge of Brahman.”