Which scriptures should be taken as an authority as per sage madhva
sarvottamo hariridaM tu tadAj~nayaivachettuM xamaM sa tu hariH paramasvatantraH | pUrNAvyayAgaNitanityaguNArNavo.asau ityeva vedavachanAni paroktayashcha || 1.29
29. Hari is the most supreme; and this world is capable of moving or understanding command. That Hari is indeed most independent. He is the ocean (repository) of all pervasive, imperishable infinite and eternally good qualities. Such is the saying of the Vedas as will as the teaching of Vyasa.
R^igAdayashcha chatvAraH paJNcharAtraM cha bhAratam | mUlarAmAyaNaM brahmasUtraM mAnaM svataH smR^itam || 1.30
30. The four Vedas beginning with Rig Veda, Pancharatra, the Bharatha (mahabharata) , Moola Ramayana and Brahma Sutra are said to be self sufficient authority
aviruddhaM cha yattvasya pramANaM tachcha nAnyathA | etadviruddhaM yattu syAnna tanmAnaM kathaJNchana || 1.31
31. Whatever else is not contradictory to these is also authority and not otherwise. Whatever is opposed to these is under no circumstance authority.
vaishhNavAni purANAni paJNcharAtrAtmakatvataH | pramANAnyeva manvAdyAH smR^itayo.apyanukUlataH || 1.32
32. More Puranas also which establish the supremacy of Vishnu are authority inasmuch as they also convey what is stated in Pancharatra. The Smritis like those of Manu and others are also authority so far as they are consistent (with these).
eteshhu vishhNorAdhikyamuchyate.anyasya na kvachit | atastadeva mantavyaM nAnyathA tu kathaJNchana || 1.33
33. In these the supremacy of Vishnu is declared and not of any one else anywhere. Therefore they must be so construed only and not otherwise.
vishhNvAdhikyavirodhIni yAni vedavachAMsyapi | tAni yojyAnyAnukUlyAd vishhNvAdhikyasya sarvashaH || 1.36
36. Even those Vedic texts which seem to negative the supremacy of Vishnu must be construed consistently (with such supremacy); on account of the supremacy of Vishnu (expounded) everywhere.
mohArthAnyanyashAstrANi kR^itAnyevA.aj~nayA hareH |
atasteshhUktamagrAhyamasurANAM tamogateH || 1.34
34. The other works leading to delusion have been written only under the command of Hari for the
attainment of hell by Asuras. Therefore what is said in them must be rejected.
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