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Quote by Srii Vedaanta Desika
The following is from Srii Vedaanta Desika, a great acharya in the Ramanuja
sampradaya and authority on Visistadvaita philosophy.
aatmaikyam devataikyam trikasamadhigataa tulyataikyam trayaanaam
anyatrais'varyam ityaadyanipun.aphan.itiiraadriyante na santah;
trayyantair-ekakan.th.aih. tadanugun.a-
manu vyaasa-mukhyoktibhis'ca
s'riimaan naaraayan.o naha patihi akhilatanuhu
muktido muktabhogyaha
-- Paradevataa Paaramaarthyaadhikara
"Those who are not proficient in the Saastras say that there is only a
single self; that all deities (like Indra, Agni and so on) are only one;
that the three deities (Brahmaa, Vishnu, and S'iva), are alike and of equal
rank; that these three deities are only one deity (in three forms); and that
the Supreme Deity is someone other than these three; and they hold other
such (erroneous) views; But those, who have discrimination entertain no
regard for these (divergent views). The Upanishads, with one voice, and also
Manu, Vyaasa and other following the Upanishads, proclaim that Sriman
Naaraayana is our Lord Who has all (things and beings) as His body, that He
alone can give Mukti, and that He is the object of blissful enjoyment for
those who have attained Moksha."
