EDITORS' NOTE.

In this volume are printed four commentaries with the text of the
Pushti-Pravāha-Maryādā of S'rī Vallabhāchārya. The four commentaries printed
here are those of S'rī Gokulanathaji, S'rī Raghunāthaji, S'rī Kalyanarayji and S'rī
Pitambarji. The first two are grand-sons of S'rī Vallabhacharya, the third his great-
grand-son and the fourth is 6th agnate descendant. The last Commentary though it
is published in the name of S'rī Pitambarji, we have no doubt, is actually written by
his learned son S'rī Purushottamji. S'rī Purushottamji seems to have written this
and dedicated it to his father by ascribing the authorship of the same to him.
Whatever that may be, the style is evidently familiar one which we meet in other
writings of S'rī Purushottamji.

Pushti-Pravāha-Maryādā is one of the so-called ‘Shodas'a Grantha’ sixteen works
of S'rī Vallabhacharya. Though this is a Prakaraṇa grantha, the whole of it is
unfortunatily not available. The last portion of it seems to have been lost by the
time S'rī Gokulnāthaji came to write his commentary on it. S'rī Gokulnathaji
remarks at the end of his commentary thus:—‘यद्यप्यत्र ग्रन्थोपसंहारदर्शनाभावादग्रेऽपि ग्रन्थोऽस्तीति
ज्ञायते, तथाप्यग्रिमग्रन्थस्याप्रसिद्धत्वाद्यावत्प्रसिद्ध एव व्याख्यात इति नानुपपत्तिः काचित्’. S'rī Raghunathaji
another commentator also remarks at the end of his commentary ‘इत ऊर्ध्वं ग्रन्थत्रुटिः’.
S'rī Gokulnathaji and S'rī Raghunathaji are both grandsons of S'rī Vallabhacharya,
and from the above we come to know that they were unable to trace the whole of
the present Prakaraṇa Grantha and therefore they had to satisfy themselves by com-
menting on that portion of Pushti-Pravāha-Maryādā which was available to them
during their times. Though we are not informed exactly as to what was lost from
this work by these commentators, we do learn from the last commentator S'rī
Pitambaraji or S'rī Purushottamji that the portion of this work dealing with the
प्रयोजन, साधन, अङ्ग, क्रिया and फल of प्रवाहमार्ग and प्रयोजन, स्वरूप, अङ्ग, क्रिया, साधन and फल of
मर्यादामार्ग, seems to have been lost. Whatever that may be, we have also to satisfy
ourselves by publishing the portion which is available. Inspite of our efforts we
have not been able to trace the whole of it anywhere. How the last portion of the
present work came to be lost as early as the time of S'rī Gokulnathaji is a question
which is not possible for us to answer definitily. In the absence of any reliable
information whatever we may say would be nothing more than speculation. It is
not absolutely impossible that this work in the original with others of S'rī Vallabha-
charya, was consigned to oblivion by the wife of S'rī Gopinathaji (elder son of S'rī
Vallabhacharya) when differences arose between her and her brother-in-law S'rī
Vitthala Dikshita, on the death of her husband, as to the succession to the seat of
Acharya between her son Purushottamaji and S'rī Vitthala Dikshita. It does not
seem to be probable that S'rī Vallabhacharya himself left it incomplete. Possibly
this work as it is available deals fully with the Pushtimarga, while the rest of the
portion dealing with Pravāha and Maryādā being uninteresting to the exclusive
tendencies of S'rī Vitthala Dikshita became neglected with the result that by the
time Gokulanathaji came to write his commentary, he was unable to trace it. In
those days the means of communication were few. Whatever might have been the
reason for the loss, the fact is that we have now to satisfy ourselves with the
fragment as is available.