Rāmānujaon Brahma Sūtra 2.4.2
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्तत्प्राक्श्रुतेश्च
gauṇyasaṃbhavāttatprākśruteśca
Sūtra translation
(The scriptural statement of the plural) is secondary, on account of impossibility; and since (the highest Self) is declared before that.
The plural form exhibited by the text must be taken (not in its literal, but) in a secondary figurative sense, since there is no room there for a plurality of things. For Scripture declares that previous to creation the highest Self only exists.