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374 The Philosophy of Vallabha
[CH. anonymous writer. Vallabha's own commentary Prakāśa on the kūrikās he had written had a commentary on the first part of it, the Ararana-bhanga by Pītāmbaraji Mahārāja. The Tattvārthadīpa is divided into three sections, of which the first, the Sāstrārthaprakaraña, contains 105 kārikās of a philosophical nature; the second section, the Sarvanirnaya-prakarana, deals with eschatology and matters relating to duties; the third, the Bhāgavatārthaprakarana, containing a summary of the twelve chapters of the Bhāgavata-purāņa, had a commentary on it, also called the Avarana-bhanga, by Puruşottamaji Mahārāja. There was also another commentary on it by Kalyāṇarāja, which was published in Bombay as early as 1888.
Coming to the small tracts of Vallabha, we may speak first of his Sannyāsu-nirnaya, which consists of twenty-two verses in which he discusses the three kinds of renunciation: the sannyāsa of karmamārga, the sannyāsa of jñāna-mārga and the sannyāsa of bhaktimārga. There are at least seven commentaries on it, by Gokulanātha, Raghunātha, Gokulotsava, the two Gopeśvaras, Puruşottama and a later Vallabha. Of these Gokulanātha (1554-1643) was the fourth son of Vitthalanātha; he also wrote commentaries on Sri Sarvottama-stotra, Vallabhāstaka, Siddhānta-muktāvali, Pustipravāha-maryādā, Siddhānta-rahasya, Catuhśloki, Dhairyyāsraya, Bhakti-vardhini and Sevāphala. He was a great traveller and preacher of Vallabha's views in Guzerat, and did a great deal to make the Subodhini commentary of Vallabha popular. Raghunātha, the fifth son of Vitthalanātha, was born in 1557; he wrote commentaries on Vallabha's Sodaśa-grantha and also on Vallabhāstaka, lladhurāstaka, Bhakti-hamsa and Bhakti-hetu; also a commentary on Purusottama-nūma-sahasra, the Nāma-candrikā. Gokulotsava, the younger brother of Kalyāṇarāja and uncle of Ilarirāja, was born in 1580; he also wrote a commentary on the Șodaśa-grantha. Gopeśvara, the son of Ghanaśyāma, was born in 1598; the other Gopeśvara was the son of Kalyāṇarāja and the younger brother of Ilarirāja. Purusottama, also a commentator, was born in 1660. Vallabha, son of Vitthalarāja, the other commentator, great-greatgrandson of Raghunātha (the fifth son of Vallabhācārya) was born in. 1575, and wrote a commentary on the Anubhāșya of Vallabhācārva. He should be distinguished from the earlier Vallabha, the son of Vitthaleśvara.
