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 3 2017