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

part of Vallabha added to the admiration of all those present for him. Vyāsa Tīrtha, the Mādhva, actually requested him to be the head-priest of his matha after him. Vyasa-Tirtha with king Krishna-deva again approached Vallabha and presented him with a good many valuables. From these presents Vallabha is said to havr prepared a gold mekhla set with diamonds, rubies etc., and presented the same to S'ri Vitthala in the Vitthalaswami Temple at Vijayanagara. Ultimately, it appears, Vallabha could not conscientiously accept the offer of Vyasa-Tirtha, but from this time Vallabha came to be regarded as a Great Acharya. After this, he seems to have met with great opposition from the Mayavadi Pandits of Benares. In order to silence them for ever, Vallabha wrote out a pamphlet in mixed verse and prose and affixed the same to the doors of the Kās'hi Vis'vanātha, with a challenge to Benares Pandits to refute the same, if they could. It seems this discussion ended into threats of personal violence, as a consequence of which Vallabha left Benares and moved over to Adel on the opposite bank of the Ganges. The last portion of his life was passed at Adel, where he finished his works which were begun by him during his travels and served Lord Krishna with the love and devotion of Gopees, and founded his system on it. At the age of 52 he left his Parnas'āla, joined the Sannyasa Ās'rama and came to Benares. For a month he observed fast, and for the last eight days he observed मौनव्रत, and on the 2nd day of the bright half of Āshadha mid-day he left this world, Samvat 1587. Vallabha had married one Maha Lakshmi. By her he had two sons, Gopinatha and Vitthales'wara. Gopinatha had one son named Purushottama, after whom his line became extinct. Vitthales'wara lived over seventy years. He had seven sons. During his time the Sampradaya flourished very considerably. Todarmal, Birbal, and Ray Purushottam seem to have come under his influence. Akbar also presented him with Gokula and Jatipura villages in Vraja. All the present Maharajas are direct agnate descendants of Vitthales'wara. While he was staying in the north of India, Vallabhāchārya came into contact with Kes'ava Kashmirin, the famous Nimbarka scholar, and Chaitanya, the Bengal Saint. They were all Krishnopasakas, and it seems from Sampradayika gathas that their relations were very cordial. Kes'ava presented his pupil Madhava Bhatta Kashmirin to Vallabha in Dakshina of Bhagavat-katha S'ravana. He became his devout disciple, and during his whole life acted as the scribe of S'ri Vallabha. It seems that during Madhava Bhatta's stay with him at Adel, Vallabha composed his numerous works. During that interval Vallabha wrote Purva Mimānsā Bhashya, Brahma-Sūtra Bhashya, Tattvadipa-Nibandha with his own commentary, Sukshma tikā and Subodhini on Srimad Bhagavata, and the sixteen Prakarana Granthas giving in brief the essence of his views. It is really unfortunate that only a fragment of his Purva Mimānsa Bhashja is available now. Aṇu Bhashya as we have it now is not wholly written out by him. The last Adhyaya and a half of the Bhashya is finished by his son Vitthales'wara. Sukshma tikā is almost lost. Even Pushti- Pravaha-Maryada Bheda, one of the minor Prakaranas, is not available as a whole. The Bhagavata Subodhini is available only on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th and a portion of 11th Skandhas. It is possible that Vallabha wrote on all the Skandhas. The loss of these valuable works seems to have been due partly to the apathy of his descendants and followers. It is a pity that no one seems to take care to preserve even those of the writings of Vallabhāchārya and his descendants which are available