The Chandogya Upanishad gives the story of Janasruti, a generous king. One day Janasruti overhears two swans talking about the greatness of Raikva, a Brahma Jnani. What distinguishes a Brahma Jnani is that the good deeds of everyone are included in the virtues of the Brahma Jnani, just as in a four-sided dice, the number four includes all the other numbers in the dice. King Janasruti has the virtue of charitableness, but the credit for his acts of charity accrues to the Brahma Jnani, Raikva. Raikva is clothed in tatters and has no place to call a home, and yet he is a Brahma Jnani. To be a Brahma Jnani, physical appearance and possessions do not matter. The Tirukkural says that if there is just one virtuous person in this world, it will rain abundantly on his account. One person embodying all virtues brings good to all.
Raikva teaches Janasruti samvarga vidya, where one meditates upon Vayu. Vayu is the samvarga, because it absorbs, said M.K. Srinivasan in a discourse. All the elements merge in Vayu. In the human body, all the indriyas merge in prana (vital airs). Vayu is the body of the Supreme One — Lord Narayana.
The inference is: if all acts of virtue go to a Brahma Jnani, obviously they go to the Supreme One, who has overlordship of the universe.
In Visishtadvaita, there is the concept of sattvika tyaga, where a person does his duties as an act of submission to the Lord. He is unattached to the fruits of his actions. Nor does he think that he acts of his own volition. The Lord makes him do, and the fruits go to the Lord. That is why in the Visishtadvaita school of philosophy, all deeds are done in the spirit of total surrender to Him.
