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

to the sons of these learned men and their daughters were taken in marriage
by him for his sons. These people of his caste came to be known as Bhattas.
Vitthales'vara's connection with the country of his forefathers now being no
longer necessary was practically severed. He became naturalised in Gokula.
Gradually the mother-tongue Telugu came to be replaced by the local
language. Both Vaishnavas and Bhattas began to revere Vitthales'vara with
intense devotion. The result was that Vitthales'vara was made conscious
of his greatness to such an extent that he could with equal propriety speak
of himself in plural. While explaining the Subodhinī to Vaishnavas, during
the evening recess, he wrote out notes on difficult passages on Subodhini.
These notes were ultimately put together and given the name of विद्वत्प्रकाश.
The मंगलाचरण, 'श्रीविट्ठलैः' क्रियते suggests the above mentioned self-consciousness.
Vallabhāchārya had given several Swarupas to his devotees. When
these devotees and their descendants became extinct or unable to carry on
the Seva of the Swarupas, they returned the same to Vitthales'vara. Of these
about seven or eight were received by him. These Swarupas were distributed
by Vitthales'vara in Dāya-Bhāga among his seven sons in Samvat 1634. All
the seven sons were given a joint right to Sevā of S'ri Nathaji, the eldest
son Giridharaji being left in control of the same under the primogeniture
rule. These seven Swarupas came to be known in the sampradāya as the
seven Nidhis. Separate houses for all the seven sons (except perhaps
for Yadunāthaji who being the youngest son of Rukmiṇi remained joint with
Giridharaji, the eldest son ), were built in Gokula and given to each of the
sons. Each son thus set up the Swarūpa given to him in Dāyabhāga as
a shrine of his own. This came to be known in the Sampradāya as seven
Gādis or seats. In a letter Vitthales'vara asks his sons to select a site for
the house of Yadunātha. It seems he passed away before the house of
Yadunātha actually came to be built. The result of this has been rather
undesirable in the Sampradāya because it proved fruitful in giving scope to as
many as four persons to put forward their claims to the Gādi of Yadunātha.
The last years of Vitthales'vara were passed very happily at Gokula.
One Murarī Pandit wrote to him to give him a work which would explain to
him the fundamental principles of Pushti-mārga in such a way that he could
silence all his opponents on his side of the country. For him Vitthales'vara
wrote out the Bhakti-hansa and sent it to him. On receipt of the same the
Pandit was much delighted and asked for a further explanation of the root
cause of Bhakti. Thereupon Vitthales'vara wrote out the Bhakti-hetu. Both
these works together in a nutshell explain that the cause of Bhakti is
God's Grace ( अनुग्रह ) alone and that the Supreme Purushottama plays among
his select devotees, unapproched by मख, तप etc.
Vitthales'vara lived for over 70 years. His was a life in which there
was a happy perfection of the theory and practice of the Sampradāya.
His devotees have drawn a veil on the manner of his passing away, but from
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