B.Ab 2.03

असज्जीवप्रधानादिशब्दा ब्रह्मैव नापरम्। वदन्ति कारणत्वेन क्वापि पूर्णगुणो हरिः ॥२-३॥

asajjīvapradhānādiśabdā brahmaiva nāparam। vadanti kāraṇatvena kvāpi pūrṇaguṇo hariḥ ॥2-3॥

[असत् (asat) - non-being; जीव (jīva) - living being; प्रधान (pradhāna) - primordial matter; आदि (ādi) - and so on; शब्दाः (śabdāḥ) - words; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; एव (eva) - alone; न (na) - not; अपरम् (aparam) - other; वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say; कारणत्वेन (kāraṇatvena) - as the cause; क्वापि (kvāpi) - anywhere; पूर्णगुणः (pūrṇaguṇaḥ) - endowed with all qualities; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Viṣṇu);]

The terms like asat (non-being), jīva (living being), pradhāna (primordial matter) and others refer solely to Brahman and not to anything else. Everywhere, Hari, who possesses all qualities, is declared to be the cause. (2-3)