Prameya shloka

The prameya śloka is a shloka composed by Vyasatirtha, a leading philosopher in the Dvaita school of Vedanta. The shloka summarises the nine basic tenets of Dvaita or Tattvavada, which is a school of philosophy founded by Sri Madhvacharya.

A correct understanding of this shloka is equivalent to obtaining a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of Tattvavada.

The Prameya Śloka
The śloka in the Kannada script is:

ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಧ್ವಮತೇ ಹರಿಃ ಪರತರಃ ಸತ್ಯಂ ಜಗತ್ತತ್ವತೋ

ಭೇದೋ ಜೀವಗಣಾ ಹರೇರನುಚರಾ ನೀಚೋಚ್ಚಭಾವಂ ಗತಾಃ |

ಮುಕ್ತಿರ್ನೈಜ ಸುಖಾನುಭೂತಿರಮಲ ಭಕ್ತಿಶ್ಚ ತತ್ಸಾಧನಂ

ಹ್ಯಕ್ಷಾದಿತ್ರಿತಯಂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಮಖಿಲಾಮ್ನಾಯೈಕವೇದ್ಯೋ ಹರಿಃ ||

In Devanagari:

श्रीमन्मध्वमते हरिः परतरः सत्यं जगत्तत्त्वतो

भेदो जीवगणा हरेरनुचराः नीचोच्चभावं गताः।

मुक्तिर्नैजसुखानुभूतिरमला भक्तिश्च तत्साधनम्

ह्यक्षादित्रितयं प्रमाणमखिलाम्नायैकवेद्यो हरिः ॥

In English:
 * 1) 	hariḥ parataraḥ (Hari [Viṣṇu] is supreme)
 * 2) 	satyaṃ jagat (the world is true)
 * 3) 	tattvato bhedaḥ (the difference is real)
 * 4) 	jīvagaṇāḥ hareranucarāḥ (the soul-classes are servants of Hari)
 * 5) 	nīcocca bhāvaṃgatāḥ (…and will achieve lower or higher states)
 * 6) 	muktirnaijasukhānubhūtiḥ (liberation is one’s own experience of joy)
 * 7) 	amalā bhaktiśca tatsādhanam (…and pure devotion is its means of accomplishment)
 * 8) 	hyakṣāditrityaṃ pramāṇam (the triad beginning with perception is the authority)
 * 9) 	akhilāmnāyaikavedyo hariḥ (the one object of knowledge of the entire scriptural canon is Hari)