He who, having cast off, abandoned, the rule of scripture, scripture being the Veda and its rule the cause of the knowledge of what should and should not be done, named injunction and prohibition, conducts himself driven by desire, urged by desire: he does not gain perfection, fitness for the human goal; nor happiness in this world; nor the supreme, the excellent course, heaven or liberation.

Scripture is the Veda; the rule is the command; My command called the Veda. He who, setting that aside, goes about at the sway of desire, goes about by a path that conforms to his own will, he does not attain consummation, does not attain any consummation belonging to the other world. He does not attain even any happiness belonging to this world. He does not attain the supreme goal; whence, then, would he attain the supreme goal? This is the meaning.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.