षोडश ग्रन्थाः (महाप्रभु वल्लभाचार्य - पुष्टिमार्ग सिद्धान्त एवं सान्वय हिन्दी व्याख्या)

There is not much difference in the text of the present work except a slight
variation in the order of the verse 4 and 5. S'rī Raghunathaji and Pitambarji read
the 5th verse after the first half of the 4th. In the 6th verse Raghunathaji reads
मार्गेकत्वेन instead of मार्गेकत्वेपि. In 16th verse instead of फलं त्वत्र, Kalyanarayji and
others read फलमत्र. In 19th verse रोगाद्युपद्रवः is read in plural by Pitambarji. Some
read लौकिकत्वं वैदिकत्वं in inverse order. In verse 25th Pitambarji reads तेन युज्यते instead
of तैर्न युज्यते. Besides these there does not appear to be any material difference in the
readings of the text. None of the commentaries except the last has been printed
before. No other commentary is known to exist other than the four which are printed
here. The text of all the four commentaries is based on old and reliable MSS. The
text of S'rī Vallabha alias Gokulnathaji commentary is chiefly based on six MSS, two
of which were recieved from Pandit Gattulalaji's Library, one from S'rī Vallabhalalji
Maharaja of Kāmā, one from S'rī Gokulnathaji Maharaja of Bombay, one from S'rī
Ranchhodlalji of Bombay, one from Bhandarkar Research Institute. Raghu-
nathaji's tika is based on three MSS; one from Gattulalaji's Library, one from
Bhandarkar Research Institute and one from S'ri Mathures'aji's Temple at Kotah.
S'rī Kalyanrayaji's tika is similarly based on six or seven MSS. derived from the
sources mentioned above. Pitambarji's tika is based on six MSS; and one printed
copy of Pandit Balabhadra S'arma. Out of these six two were recieved from S'rī
Gokuladhis'aji's Mandir of Bombay, the remaining were received from sources
mentioned above. A perusal of the six MSS. of S'rī Pitambarji's commentary reveals
the fact that the learned author has revised his tika some time after he wrote the
same. Purushottamji was a great authority in the Sampradaya, hence both the
original and revised versions of this tika became current in the Sampradaya. Many
of the readings noticed by Pandit Balabhadra in the foot-notes of his edition are
due to this fact. We have however not thought it fit to perpetuate those readings of
the original draft which the learned author himself did not retain in the revised
version. On the whole the MSS. were tolerably good. We are much obliged to all
gentlemen and institutions who have been kind enough to help us as above.

As the concluding portion of this work is missing, we are not in a position to
know the exact name given by the author to this work. Some Scholars have named
this work पुष्टिप्रवाहमर्यादाभेद, and there is great plausibility in that selection, but the
invariably uniform 'इतिश्रीपुष्टिप्रवाहमर्यादाविवृति' in all the MSS. seen has inclined us to
adopt पुष्टिप्रवाहमर्यादा as the name of this work without the addition of the word भेद.

The funds for the publication of this work have been supplied by one of our
collaborators Mr. Dhirajlal Vrajdas Sankalia in the happy memory of the Wedding-
Ceremony of his eldest son Mr. Natvarlal.

With feeling of Joy we offer this fruit of our labour of love at the Lotus-feet
of Lord S'rī Krishna.

$\left.{l}Bombay,
3rd-3-1925.\right}$ \hspace{4cm} M. T. Telivala.