Sri Vallabhacharya - Pushti Darshan

The double authorship of Anubhasya 59
are to be found in Vallabha alone and it should therefore be held that the first portion of the Bhasya was written by
him. The latter Portion, however, contains as a general rule many references to the principal religious tenets of
Vallabha's school. The writer of the portion seeks every opportunity to usher in his own religious beliefs. In some
places in the Bhasya a long discussion is given about thing which should find place in some religious works. It has
been above shown that Vitthala's alternative explanations are religious in character and the same thing happens in the
second part of the Bhasya. There are many references. to the system to »õÌ× of which Vitthala was a great scholar.
The interpretation of S×ë in the Sutras (referred to above) in the latter portion of the Bhasya is generally in keeping
with the religious doctrines as the reference in almost all cases is made. to Bhagavata for which Vitthala had much
predilection. It is thus obvious that the author of the second portion of the Bhasya is Vitthala. The preponderance of
religious belief in Vitthala bhasya may be due, not to his ignorance of the nature of the Brahma.sutras, but to his strong
desire of refuting Samkara's Mayavada which. was in his (Vitthala's) eyes, untenable. In exploding Samkara's theory
of Mayavada Vitthala was more or less influenced by the. formers way of arguing' It is therefore clear that the
mentality of Vallabha and Vitthala was different and that the latter could not see eye to eye with his father, and this
accounts for the different strata of thoughts in the Bhasya.
Further, we find in the Bhasya refernces 18 ÖçμÌã¢# to and works decidedly written by Vitthala. .In one
place l.17 Vitthala is mentioned by his name. These references are absurd
14. Cf. Anubhasya On . ý #ê II.I. 2.37, 111.3 pp. 106, 107, etc.
15. Samkara first. explains the Sutra naturally and then introduces his own theory by remarking ¥Ø×äæKØ: and
therein upses everything that he has said before. Vitthala also does the same thing in his Bhasya.
16. ÖçμÌã¢# quoted in the Bhasya on ý #ê III.3.3.