Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.4.21
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्तुतिमात्रमुपादानादिति चेन्नापूर्वत्वात्
stutimātramupādānāditi cennāpūrvatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that the text under discussion is but the praise, wi the rule, on account of the wise following the ordi- nary injunctions, we reply, it cannot be purely praise ; for the toise are not the Purva, Brahman, (being under the control of the Lord).
(It may be said) that they (the wise) may act as they like is but the simple praise and not the rule ; for they also observe the ordinary rules of conduct; but this position cannot be maintained ; for they are Apurva, not the absolute first spoken of ; and the object of unquali- fied praise as being far beyond the operation of all in- junctions, can be the Supreme Brahman only. The following is in the Brahma Tarka: “All others are sub- ject to the injunctions; Brahma has the permission to do as he likes, while the Supreme Brahman alone is far beyond the operation of all in junctions.”