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## Karika 88]
This Karika establishes the speaker, listener, and knower, as well as their respective knowledge, speech, and proof, as distinct entities. Therefore, the flaw of non-validity and non-absoluteness of the meaning of the word "Jiva" in the external means of knowledge does not arise. Similarly, the flaw of "Saadhanadharma Vaikalya" (inconsistency in the means of knowledge) as seen in the example of the word "Hetu" (reason) does not occur. This ensures the validity of the Jiva. The Jiva is validated by both the reason and the example. Understanding the meaning of the Jiva leads to the validation of the agreement and disagreement of those who engage in discourse.
Thus ends the seventh chapter of the Devagama Aapta-Mimamsa.
## Eighth Chapter
If the validity of the divine (Daiva) is considered absolute, then how can the validity of the divine be attributed to human effort (Paurusha)? If the divine is not liberation, then human effort becomes futile.