X11 Absolute Being that is not dependent on anything but itself for all that It is and all that It does. The concept of such a Being implies that all else, the world of the knowing and the not-knowing (* cetama.' and * acetama '), is dependent in every way on It. Though this line of thought suggests the existence of such an Absolute Self-conscious Reality, we, human beings cannot be certain unless it is supported by supplied by the faultless Veda and the Gita which as envisaged by Sri Madhva is taught by Sri Krs71a in the following words मया ततमिदं सर्वे जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिन मत्स्थानि सवेभूतानि नचाहं तेष्ववस्थित
- By Me of invisible form is pervaded all this world
(of sentient and inse1tient beings). All these beings rest in me but I do not rest in then पुरुषः स परः पाथ भत्तया लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया । यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥
- That Supreme Purusa.' O! Partha, * in whom rest all
1iving beings and by whom all this (universe) is pervaded can be gained only by unique loving devotion Continuing, Jayatirtha devotes considerable space to the treatment of 'abhāva' (non-being), a category not admitted by the Prābhākara school of Pirva milmāmsa. It is not necessary to repeat here the argu mments advanced by the commentator for the admission
