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

( 2 ) The हस्ताक्षर copy had to be returned, but we find that it is necessary to have it here for ready reference. We have again requested श्रीदामोदरलालजी, and he has promised to send it. Now, what are the facts found on a careful examination of the हस्ताक्षर copy ? We find that the leaves of the manuscript are divided into separate groups. A slip of paper is attached round each group, and on each of these slips are men- tioned the portions of भाष्य which they contain. The hand-writing on these slips we find to be of श्रीपुरुषोत्तमजी, and we immediately perceive that 'इत आरभ्य प्रभृती' was written by him after a careful examination of the हस्ताक्षर manuscript itself, and our soul does homage to his genius, faculty for research, his carefulness and service to साम्प्रदायिक literature. We know that besides this भाष्य, he has also found and preserved the पाण्डुलेख of श्रीटिप्पणी, and he has traced one leaf of पत्रावलम्बन in श्रीवल्लभाचार्य's हस्ताक्षर. Let us now remove the slips of paper, and turn to चतुर्थाध्याय. The first page is written on both the sides as usual, and let us put it aside for a moment and take the second page. It is peculiar and immediately draws our attention. It was originally numbered १, which is subsequently changed into २. On one side only a few lines are written as under :— श्रीगोपीजनवल्लभाय नमः ॥ आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात् ॥ श्रुतिर्हि कर्मज्ञानभक्तीः हीनमध्यमोत्तमाधिकारिणः प्रति क्रमेण कर्तव्यत्वेन निष्प्रतिक्षेपवती । तत्रावस्था ( चित्तशोधकत्वेन ज्ञानस्य पुरुषोत्तमप्राप्तौ स्वरूपयोग्यतासंपादकत्वेन भक्तेः ) ( साक्षात् पुरुषोत्तमप्रापकत्वेन साधनत्वमिति तृतीयेऽध्याये षड्विधलिङ्गेन तत्तातपर्यं निर्णीतं । अथ तुरीयेऽध्याये तत्तत्फलस्वरूपं निर्णीय ) ( ते । तत्र कर्मसामान्यं चित्तशोधकमृत तद्विशेष इति संशये विहितत्वाविशेषात्तत्सामान्यं त) द्वौ फलमुच्यते । आवृत्तिरसकृदिति । जन्मप्रवाहः कर्ममार्गस्य फलं । तत्र हेतुरसकृदुपदेशादिति । आवृत्त्याऽसकृत्पदमुभयत्रापि संबध्यते । This is the beginning of the चतुर्थाध्याय, and we find that the author's thoughts were not quite settled, so he made changes again and again and then left it, and he turned over to the other side of the page and began writing and he wrote as under :— आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात् । श्रुतिर्हि कर्मज्ञानभक्तीः साक्षात्परंपराभेदेन पुरुषार्थसाधनत्वेन हीनमध्यमोत्तमाधिकारिणः प्रति कर्तव्यत्वेन प्रतिपादयति । तत्र &c. The reader will find that this is from the beginning of the second interpretation of the first two सूत्रs of चतुर्थाध्याय. He began here and went on till the end. So, what is second interpretation ( प्रकारान्तरेण सूत्रार्थ उच्यते ) was the only interpretation when first written. Now let us look at the first page. It begins as under :—'श्रीकृष्णाय नमः ॥ समन्वयेनाविरोधात् साधनेर्नैश्चयिष्यदि । तस्याभिभवयत्ना वा' &c. All the कारिकाs are written in running lines. After the कारिकाs are over, we find 'अस्य फलप्रकरणत्वेपि साधनरूपत्वापि श्रवणस्यांतरंगत्वं ज्ञापयितुं तन्निर्धारमप्याह ॥ ॥ आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात् ॥ आत्मा वारे' &c. The last lines 2213