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

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to have damaged the cause of the Sampradāya to a considerable extent, and
in spite of Vitthales'vara's attempts, one would feel that the loss to the
Sampradāya is irreparable.
It is not certain when S'rī Gopīnātha passed away. It seems
after his death some unpleasantness was caused between Vitthales'vara
and his sister-in-law, and these feelings of unpleasantness became
more embittered on the part of the sister-in-law when her only
son S'rī Purushottama also passed away soon after. The result of
this was that the original works of Vallabhāchārya which were in
possession of S'rī Gopīnātha as the eldest son of Vallabhāchārya were
consigned to oblivion by her. The greatness of Vallabhāchārya's personality
was so much felt by his devotees during his life-time that none of
them seems to have contributed anything to the composition of his works.
In the case of S'ankarāchārya and Rāmānujāchārya one feels that their
respective Bhāshyas are written, re-written, revised and recast with
the collaboration of their learned pupils. In the case of Vallabhāchārya
the distance felt by the devotees was so great that none has upto this
day ventured to add or subtract anything from them. This being the
position and the devotees being wholly engrossed in Krishṇa-worship as
taught by Vallabhāchārya, they did not try to get the copies of his writings.
Another reason for the loss of the original works of Vallabhāchārya seems to
be the great fire which destroyed almost the whole village of Adel at the
time he took to Sannyāsa. When the helm of the Sampradāya came into the
hands of Vitthales'vara it was a problem to him as to how he should get
authentic texts of his father's works. On the side of Adel counter influences
were working, and it was difficult, if not impossible, to get all the works.
He seems to have secured the original copy of the Brahmasūtra-Bhāshya
of his father upto 3-2-34. Nibandha seems to have been secured by
him, and he has attempted to finish Prakās'a on Nibandha by writing
commentaries on the Fourth skandha, and a portion of the Fifth of the
Bhāgavatārtha-prakaraṇa. From Gujarāt Vaishṇava Rāṇā Vyāsa
he secured the Subodhinī, a commentary on S'rīmad Bhāgavata of
Vallabhāchārya. We have no materials to learn whether he got
Pūrva-mīmāñsa Bhāshya of Vallabhāchārya, though there is plenty of
evidence in Aṇu-Bhāshya to show his great hold on the Sūtras of Jaimini,
to which he refers as a master. It is possible, as Purushottamji says,
that the Pūrva-mīmāñsa Bhāshya became उत्सन्न in his times. We may
infer from this that Vitthales'vara might have been in possession of the
Purva-mimansa-Bhashya of S'rī Vallabhāchārya, which became lost to us
during the period, so to say, of interregnum, between 1642 and 1724
Samvat. Thus it would seem that Vitthales'vara had before him almost
all the works of S'rī Vallabhāchārya which are now available to us.
From these materials we shall presently see how he has developed the
system promulgated by his father, both on the practical as also the
theoretical side.
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