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excellence and power from the Lord Nārāyana. This marks out one more important distinction on the theistic aspect of Visiñtāvaita-vaiñnavism.
Many more points may be enumerated to bring out the differentia of Swāminārāyana's Vedānta from that of Rāmānuja. As the exponent of Vedānta, Swāmināryana successfully reconciles the claims of philosophy with demand of religion. As Dr. A. Srinivasa Rāghavan points out "The potentialities of Rāmānuja philosophy of God reached unpreceded dimensions and height of vital realization in the life and teaching of Swāminārāyana"
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