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

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the time of this trip that the publication of श्रीटिप्पणीजी was undertaken, and
the circumstances under which it was done, and the important discovery
of the पाण्डु draft in the हस्ताक्षर of श्रीगुसांईजी which it led to, are fully des-
cribed in the introduction of श्रीटिप्पणीजी. His second marriage took place
at Surat in 1920, in दशामोढ caste. The dowry was fixed at about Rs. 750,
but Mulchandra could ill afford this cash and he got a loan from a friend
without asking for it. श्रीमन्नरत्नलालजी of Surat graced the marriage procession
by his presence. His second wife has two sons and a daughter.

In 1917 his friend उत्सवलाल invited Mulchandra to Anand, and told
him in the course of conversation that he had seen रश्मि at Surat. Mulchan-
dra sent him to Surat to fetch it, which he did. It was a portion found in a
very bad condition, and since then Mulchandra tried to collect रश्मि manu-
scripts from all sources, and one of his great desires was to be able to pub-
lish भाष्य, प्रकाश and रश्मि together. Through the help of श्रीगोकुलनाथजी of वडामंदिर,
Bombay, he succeeded in arranging in May 1925 to get funds from the
Gordhandas Soondardas Trust administrated by Seth Lalji Naranji and
others, and curtailed all other activities, so that he may be able to devote
his undivided attention to the publication of this great work. He was able
to publish only three volumes consisting of first, second and third Padas of
the third अध्याय before his death.

In 1927, Shree Tikayat Maharaja, Shree Gordhanlalji and Lālbāvā
Shree Damodarlalji invited him to श्रीनाथद्वार and he went there accompanied
by his friends Messrs. Jamnadas Kanji, Gordhandas Pragji and Hiralal Mulji.
He was shown a few pages of the 3rd अध्याय and a complete manuscript of
the 4th अध्याय of अणुभाष्य and he found them to his great delight in the हस्ताक्षर of
श्रीगुसांईजी. In this manuscript the portion of the second interpretation of the
first two सूत्रs of the fourth अध्याय is subsequently added by श्रीगुसांईजी. A minute
inspection of the manuscript left no doubt in Mulchandra's mind that the
author of the work was श्रीगुसांईजी himself.

He had a very wonderful genius for research. His creative faculty,
powerful imagination, extremely retentive memory and a deep alround
knowledge of the Sāmpradāyika Gāthās helped this aptitude for research to
such an extent that he compelled old worn out manuscripts to speak out, to
whom they belonged, from whom they were stolen, when they were written, in
whose hand-writing they were and other special details about each of them,
with a quickness and preciseness which would put to shame even the hero
of a detective novel. We would give an instance and narrate the facts
in his own words:—

“નવ પુસ્તકના આધારે શ્રીટિપ્પણીજીનું શોધન કરી અમે મુદ્રણકાર્યમાં ફલપ્રકરણના પ્રથમાધ્યાયના
અન્તભાગપર્યન્ત આવ્યા. ‘क्रिया सर्वापि सैवात्र’ એ સુબોધિનીકારિકાનું વ્યાખ્યાન કાંઈક વિલક્ષણ લાગ્યું. આથી
શ્રીપુરુષોત્તમજીકૃત તત્પ્રકાશ જોયો. આ પ્રકાશ પણ શ્રીપુરુષોત્તમજીનો નિજબીડહસ્તાક્ષરે લખેલો અમારે ત્યાં
બિરાજે છે. તે જોતાં નીચેની પંક્તિ વાચવામાં આવી:—‘अत्र कारिकाव्याख्यानं टिप्पणीपुस्तकेषु दृश्यते, तद्
पाण्डुलिखने नास्तीति श्रीगोकुलनाथानां तद् प्रतिभाति, केश्वरीत्यापि यथेति च।’ અહિં કારિકાવ્યાખ્યાનનું ઉલ્લંઘન

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