अणुभाष्य (महाप्रभु वल्लभाचार्य - शुद्धाद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र महाभाष्य प्रकाश टीका सहित)

les'vara got Vallabhacharya's Bhashya on the Brahma-Sûtras upto III-2-33. It
seems this was the only portion in his possession when he composed his Vidvan-
maņdana. It was at a late stage, after he adopted Gokula near Muttra as his
permanent residence, and when he seems to have lost all hopes of securing a
complete manuscript of his father's Brahma-Sūtra-Bhashya, that he undertook
to complete the Bhashya fragment of his father on the Brahma-Sūtras. In order
to distinguish this Bhashya from that of his father, he seems to have named it
Aņu-Bhāshya. In Subodhini Vallabhacharya does not refer to his commentary
on Brahma-Sūtra as Aņu Bhashya, but only as Bhāshya without the word Aņu.
The absence of any pungent expressions, which we find in the Vidvanmaņdana,
against opponents in the Aņu-Bhāshya portion of Vitthales'vara would clearly
show that the portion of the Aņu-Bhāshya by Vitthales'vara is the work of
his mature age.
We express our heartfelt obligations to H. H. S'rî Govardhanalalji Maharaja
of Nathadwara and his son S'rî Damodaralalji for allowing us the use of the said
original manuscript of the Aņu-Bhāshya, and for giving us photographs of some
of its pages. In due course photo-blocks of the same will be ready, when the
Vaishņava public will be in a position to know Vitthales'vara's handwriting.
A picture of Purushottamaji is placed in this volume. The original was
obtained by us from S'rî Dwarkanathaji's Mandira at Kankroli in Mewar, through
the kindness of H. H. S'rîmad Goswamini S'rî Saundaryavati Vahuji, the mother
of S'rî Vraja Bhushaņaji, the present occupant of the seat. We also thank Seth
Lalji Naranji J. P. for having given his consent on behalf of the trustees for
defraying the cost of getting the blocks made and printed.
One of the manuscripts utilised in basing the text of this Pāda-Bhashya
has turned out to be of S'rî Kalyāņarayaji, the frther of the Great S'rî Harirayaji.
This Kalyāņarayaji is the first grandson of Vitthales'vara. We beg to draw the
attention of the scholars of the Sampradāya as well as others to the Paris'ishta
printed here. It is almost a complete commentary on the Guņopasaṁhāra
Pāda of the Aņu-Bhashya. It was made available to us by the late Mr. Tansu-
khram M. Tripathi B. A., the veteran scholar of Gujarat. On a comparison of the
same with the Prakās'a, we find that almost the whole of it is incorporated in the
Prakās'a. It seems possible from the style of expression and method of writing
that Purushottamaji owes much to this. Its style resembles that of Krishņacha-
ndraji's Vŗitti. If so, the comparative method of exposition followed by him
in Prakās'a owes its origin to the genius of Krishņachandraji. This Krishņa-
chandraji was born on the 7th day of Dark half of S'ravaņa 1655 Samvat. He was
the guru of Purushottamaji both in name and fact. It is possible that Krishņa-
chandraji wrote his commentary from the very beginning, and the same is incor-
porated in the Prakās'a as here. We request scholars to make a search for the
same. If found, it will be the oldest commentary on the Aņu-Bhāshya. The
copy of the Guņopasaṁhāra-Pāda-Vivaraņa printed in the Paris'ishta seems to
be the original in Krishņachandraji's own hand.

$\left.{l} Bombay,
27-4-27. \right}$ \hspace{4em} 2000 \hspace{8em} M. T. Telivala.