Sūtra 3.4.44Madhva · 3.4.44

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.4.44

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्वामिनः फलश्रुतेरित्यात्रेयः

svāminaḥ phalaśruterityātreyaḥ

Sūtra translation

(Only) to (the gods), the masters of knowledge, (its fruit belongs), on account of Sruti declaring that ; thus Atreya opines.

The fruit of knowledge declared by such texts as, “He who knows Brahman attains to the highest (Brahman) " (Tait II-i), belongs to the gods only, who are its masters. The sage Atreya thinks thus from the Mâdhyandinâyana Sruti which runs as follows : “ What- ever good thing these people do, that the gods only do ; whatever these people understand, that the gods only understand ; for all this belongs to the gods only; and the master only enjoys the fruit, not he that is not the master, but (merely) does the work. ”