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वायुर्भीमो भीमनादो महौजा: सर्वेषां च प्राणिनां प्राणभूतः । अनावृत्तिर्देहिनां देहपाते तस्माद्वायुर्देवदेवो विशिष्टः ॥ This is a ślōka cited by śrīmadācārya madhva in the mahābhārata tātparya nirṇaya (2-157), bhāgavata tātparya nirṇaya (11-11-43) and the bṛhadāraṇyakōpaniṣad bhāṣya (5-9-9). It occurs in the Southern recension of the mahābhārata and is still extant (meaning available). It clearly extolls the greatness of mukhyaprāṇa vāyu as one of the great gods. vayurbhīmaḥ is the first epithet, declares directly, vāyu is bhīma. Notice that it doesn’t say vāyuputrobhīmaḥ or anything equivalent, but directly expresses that bhīma is vāyu. The full name of bhīma is bhīmasēna, literally meaning “asura killing army*”. He was a one man asura killer army. bhīma means śatrubhayaṇkaraḥ, meaning one who causes fear in the enemies. He gets this name because of his in-dweller, aṃtaryāmi, nārāyaṇa by the same name i.e., भीमान्तर्यामी भीमः. At the same time he destroys fear in the virtuous, bhīḥ, “fear”, mā, “not!”. bannañje govinda paṃḍitācārya in his viśṇu sahasranāma commentary splits bhīma as भीः मा इति प्रत्याययन्नभयदो भीमः, “Fear not! he encourages, so he is bhīma”. ...

ॐ आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुवः॑ ।1। ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन ।2। म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से ।3। यो वः॑ शि॒वत॑मो॒ रसः॑ ।4। तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह नः॑ ।5। उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तरः॑ ।6। तस्मा॒ अर॑ङ्गमाम वः ।7। यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ ।8। आपो॑ ज॒नय॑था च नः ॥9॥

The philosophy of ācārya madhva is popularly called dvaita. The philosophy of ācārya madhva is popularly called dvaita…