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. 2012