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

Vachas, Words of God spoken in Veda, and Pravaha Soul by the will, manas of Lord. The phala of Pravaha Soul depends on Mulechha will of God, that of Maryādā Soul on the Vedic words, and that of Pushti Soul on Purushottama-Ananda-Kaya. The Pravaha Soul gets only birth and death, the Maryada Soul Vedic Moksha, and the Pushti Soul Praves'a-entrance in Līlā Srishti. From this it appears that Vallabhacharya regards the Pushti soul as different both from Maryada Soul and Pravaha Souls. The Pushti Soul is meant for the service of the Swarupa of Lord, and for no other object. Between the Pushti Soul who has reached the highest stage and the Supreme Deity there, is no तारतम्य so far as Swarupa, avatara, external sign, attributes, actions or Vigraha except that which is absolutely essential for the perfection of the Divine play. Such a soul being created from काय (कः आनन्दः) आनन्दस्वरूप essentially resembles the Lord in स्वरूप. He is like Him अतिरोहितसच्चिदानन्द. Just as the Lord comes down in the world (अवतार) making सत्त्व as His अधिष्ठान or basis, so also has he in this world सत्त्व as his basis. Like the Lord he has also marks such as कमल, ध्वज, वज्र, अंकुश etc. Like the Lord he has six गुणs ऐश्वर्य etc. श्रुतिs like एकोऽहं बहु स्याम्, स एकाकी न रमते, स द्वितीयमैच्छत, पतिश्च पत्नी चाभवताम् refer to such a soul. The पुष्टि Soul is मुक्त and शुद्ध. He is लीलासृष्टिस्थ. He is the true recipient of the Divine Grace पुष्टि. आविर्भाव manifestation of the Lord is his फल and not मोक्ष. The Pushti Soul of this pure type is an extremely rare thing. In the mass we find Souls whose inclinations are mixed. Such mixed Souls have also their scope in the Divine Fair. Pushti Souls with Pushti become Sarvajna, Pushti souls with Pravaha become engrossed in actions pertaining to God, and those with Maryādā devote themselves to Gunas of God, while a Pushti Soul with love alone is rare. To the Pushti Soul God manifisted is phala in this and the next life. A Pushti Soul very often becomes subjected to other influences, then he is called Mis'ra Pushti Soul. He does not ultimately suffer even when there is a curse in case of egotism. He has to suffer for a purpose and when that purpose is served, he also becomes pure. His Parinishtha being in God alone, the Laukika and Vedic activities followed by him are without Astha. He is placed in that position, so he seems to follow those activities, though his goal is Bhagavatprapatti alone. His Vaishnavatva is sahaja natural, while his other activities are due to the circumstances in which he is somehow placed. A Pushti Soul having come in Pravaha does not ultimately suffer from the shortcomings of Pravaha; the grace of Lord on which he depends, saves him there also.