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and other austerities and worship of God are subsurvient to Bhakti.
God is omnipotent (sarvas'aktiva-aastifica ) for He is independent Fria. His powers and perfection follow from His own nature. He is not inferior (gauna-utor) to any other Superior Being; He does not derive his powers from any other source but Himself.' He derives His independence from His own eternal nature. He is doer of all actions directly or indirectly. All actions are caused by God in the sense that they are caused at the will of God.? No action in the world can take place without the will or consent of God for, He alone is the prompter or impeller (prèraka-55%) of the actions in all the states, His independence (svatantrya) is based upon his omnipotence (sarvas'aktimatva). He is present in all the things, not in the gross form but in an extremely subtle form (PHT). He is present everywhere inside and outside. Whatever is seen and heard is pervaded by Nárāyana. Madhva further holds that the same Brahman or the Ātman possesses all the infinite qualities since it is the innermost Reality or the cause of all." He possesses wonderful powers and with the help of these powers He produces the multifarious things of the world, from the prakṣti.5
1 Jayatirth : Tativaprakās'ikā. 3, p. 42.
ईश्वरस्य पूर्णशक्तित्वात्स्वातंत्र्यं जीवस्य तद्विपर्ययादस्वातंत्र्यम् । 2 Ibid. 3, p. 43. Farisior engedi anf g 682esar gai 3 Madhva : Madhya Bhāsya, p. 28. 4 Ibid. p. 36. 5 Ibid. p. 26. PARHA: fafaat: 774: fa 7 S TA!
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