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,[1] 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.
[2] 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 ॥