Sri Vallabhacharya - Pushti Darshan

The Birth-date, of Vallabhacharya 5
vijaya10 attributed to Yadunathji, the anonymous horoscope, 11 and the Nija-Varta 12; state that the Acarya was born
in the Vikrama Samvat 1935 (=1497 A.D.).
AU the biographical works that accord the year 1473 AD. are written by- the contemporaries of Gokulnathaji, the
fourth grandson of Vallabhacarya, who flourished in the sixteenth century of the Christian era and who had the unique
privilege of hearing the account from Gokulanathaji himself. They were. therefore, likely to maintain the tradition
correctly and this is clearly borne out by the fact that these three authorities agree even with regard to the day also. All
of them mention Saturday. Moreover, these are the earliest works in the whole of the available biographical literature
in the, Suddhadvaita School.
The evidence in support-of the year 1479 A.D. is furnish- ed by later writers who were far removed from the Acarya.
The earliest authority mentioning the year 1479 A.D. is Mula Purusa, both in Sanskrit and Gujarati which was written
by Dvarikesaji who flourished in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Vallabha Digvijaya, otherwise known as
Yadunath Digvjjaya, attributed, to Yadunathaji, the sixth grandson of Vallbhacarya, who flourished in the sixteenth
century .no
10.
(p.7)
11. etc .
P P. pi 4.39.
The remaining lines supply the detailed information about the position of the planets at the time of the birth of the
Acarya, and can be favourably compared with the horoscope. That the author of the Kirtana is Dvari kesaji is clear
from the mention of the name in the last line,
12 (pp.3, 76)
The Nija-Varta (p. 77) however, refers to Vikrama Samvat 1529 as the birth date of the Acarya according to Kalyana
Bhatta. the author of Kallola.