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

( 20 ) were sisters. Not only were members of the family happy but even those who came in Vitthales'vara's contact were extremely happy and contented. One Mahādeva Dwivedi gives expression to this fact in the follow- ing verse 'श्रीविठ्ठलदीक्षिते राजमाने महीतले। वैकुण्ठगमनेच्छा कुण्ठिता वैकुण्ठवासिनाम्'. The Girinārā and Sachorā Brahmins who early joined the faith and were taken by Vitthales'vara in the inner worship did so without any monetary remuneration. Their duty was to serve Lord Krishņa according to the directions of Vitthales'vara. All their other wants were looked after by Vitthales'vara. How much he cared for the comforts of his Sevakas could be well seen from the following. In the daily worship, water was to be brought from the Jamunā river by Sevakas, but writes Vitthales'vara in his letter, that if it was found trouble- some to them, it should not be done because his Swāmī—Lord Krishņa was delicate, and the inference was that he would not accept anything which arose out of Kles'a. (श्रीयमुनाजलनिर्वाहः सेवकैः कर्तव्यः, परन्तु नातिक्लेशेन, मत्स्वामिनः कोमलस्वभावत्वात् ). Endowed as he was with such tender feelings for his devotees, it is no wonder that the hearts of his devotees should reciprocate the same sentiments in greater degrees. It is in fitness of things that poet Gopāladāsa after describing all the details of Vitthales'vara's family should describe the same as Kalpa Vriksha. ( श्रीविठ्ठलकल्पद्रुम फल्यो तेनी शाखा प्रसरी अनेकरे ). 2020