Sri Vallabhacharya - Pushti Darshan

The double authorship of .Anubhasya 57
Vitthala. We are, therefore, forced to com to the conclusion that the; Anubhasya has been written by both Vallabh and
Vitthala.
The next internal evidence is of thought and matter. A critical study of the work, of both the father and the son will
clearly show that there is a remarkable difference in their mentality. One and the same thing is viewed by them from
different standpoints and this is carried to such an extent that Vitthala does not remain satisfied with the explanations
of his father and is therefore compelled to express his own opinion in the matter by offering some alternative
explanation introducing it by his usual 1 his has invariably happened in almost all the' works of Vallabha and the
commentators do not fail to point out the addition made by Vithala, 8 and what is more, the additional explanations
very much differ from the original ones of his father-a fact clearly indicating difference in their mentality. Moreover,
there are certain Sutras of the Vedanta- Sutras which are explained by father and the son. 9 There is
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8. In his Series of Benares) Vallabha explains the 27th verse or the first chapter.
Vitthala, not being satisfied with his father's explanation, expresses his own view by saying §Î×éμÌ¢ ÖßçÌ Ð ßSÌéÌSÌé
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Vithala) In a similar manner Vithala adds .his own explanation to his father's
explanation of the 5th verse of the above-mentioned This remark is also applicable to Vallabha's #éÕôçÏÙè a
commentary on Bhagavata. ,
9). Contrast Vithala's explanation of.. ý.#ê. 11.3.42 given in his , p. 91, with that or Vallabha in the Bhasya.
Similarly, contrast the explanations on ý.#ê II. 3.43, IV. 4.2