वल्लभाचार्य

vallabhachary (janm: sanvat 1530) - mrityu: sanvat 1588) bhaktikalin sagunadhara ki krishnabhakti shakha ke adhar stanbh evan pushtimarg ke praneta mane jate haian. jinaka pradurbhav eeah sanh 1479, vaishakh krishna ekadashi ko dakshin bharat ke kaankaravad gramavasi tailang brahman shri lakshmanabhatt ji ki patni ilammagaroo ke garbh se kashi ke samip hua. unhean 'vaishvanaravatar agni ka avatar' kaha gaya hai. ve ved shastr mean parangat the. shri rudrasanpraday ke shri vilvamangalachary ji dvara inhean 'ashtadashakshar gopal mantr' ki diksha di gee. tridand sannyas ki diksha svami narayanendr tirth se prapt huee. vivah pandit shridev bhatt ji ki kanya mahalakshmi se hua, aur yathasamay do putr hue- shri gopinath v vitthalanath.

jivan-vrittaant

shri vallabhachary ji vishnusvami sanpraday ki paranpara mean ek svatantr bhakti-panth ke pratishthata, shuddhadvait darshanik siddhaant ke samarthak pracharak aur bhagavat-anugrah pradhan evan bhakti-seva samanvit 'pushti marg' ke pravarttak the. ve jis kal mean utpann hue the, vah rajanitik, dharmik aur samajik sabhi drishtiyoan se b de sankat ka thaan

poorvaj aur mata-pita

shri vallabhachary ji ke poorvaj aandhr rajy mean godavari tatavarti kaankarava d namak sthan ke nivasi the. ve bharaddhaj gotriy tailang brahman the unake pita shri lakshman bhatt dikshit prakaand vidvan aur dharmik mahapurush the. unaka vivah vidyanagar (vijayanagar) ke rajapurohit susharma ki gunavati kanya illammagaroo ke sath hua tha; jisase ramkrishna namak putr aur sarasvati evan subhadra nam ki do kanyaoan ki utpatti huee thi.

janm

shri lakshman bhatt apane sangi-sathiyoan ke sath yatra ke kashtoan ko sahan karate hue jab vartaman madhy pradesh mean rayapur zile ke chanparany namak van mean hokar ja rahe the, tab unaki patni ko akasmat prasav-pi da hone lagi. saanyakal ka samay tha. sab log pas ke chau da nagar mean ratri ko vishram karana chahate the; kintu illama ji vahaan tak pahuanchane mean bhi asamarth thian. nidan lakshman bhatt apani patni sahit us nirjann van mean rah gaye aur unake sathi age badh kar chau da nagar mean pahuanch gaye. usi ratri ko illammagaroo ne us nirjan van ke ek vishal shami vriksh ke niche athamase shishu ko janm diya. balak paida hote hi nishchesht aur sanjnahin sa jnat hua, isalie illammagaroo ne apane pati ko soochit kiya ki mrit balak utpann hua hai. ratri ke aandhakar mean lakshman bhatt bhi shishu ki thik tarah se pariksha nahian kar sake. unhoanne daivechchha par santosh manate hue balak ko vastr mean lapet kar shami vriksh ke niche ek g dadhe mean rakh diya aur use sookhe pattoan se dhak diya. taduparaant use vahian chho d kar ap apani patni sahit chau da nagar mean jakar ratri mean vishram karane lage.

doosare din prat:kal agat yatriyoan ne batalaya ki kashi par yavanoan ki chadhaee ka sankat door ho gaya . us samachar ko sun kar unake kuchh sathi kashi vapis jane ka vichar karane lage aur shesh dakshin ki or jane lage. lakshman bhatt kashi jane vale dal ke sath ho liye. jab ve gat ratri ke sthan par pahuanche, to vahaan par unhoanne apane putr ko jivit avastha mean paya. aisa kaha jata hai us g dadhe ke chahuan or prajjavalit agni ka ek mandal sa bana hua tha aur usake bich mean vah navajat balak khel raha tha. us adbhut drishy ko dekh kar dampati ko b da ashchary aur harsh hua. illamma ji ne tatkal shishu ko apani god mean utha liya aur sneh se stanapan karaya. usi nirjan van mean balak ke jatakarm aur namakaran ke sanskar kiye gaye. balak ka nam 'vallabh' rakha gaya, jo b da hone par suprasiddh mahaprabhu vallabhachary hua. unhean agnikund se utpann aur bhagavan ki mukhagni svaroop 'vaishvanar ka avatar' mana jata hai.

aranbhik jivan

vallabhachary ji ka aranbhik jivan kashi mean vyatit hua tha, jahaan unaki shiksha-diksha tatha unake adhyayanadi ki samuchit vyavastha ki gee thi. unake pita shri lakshman bhatt ne unhean gopal mantr ki diksha di thi aur shri madhavendr puri ke atirikt sarvashri vishnuchit tiroomal aur gurunarayan dikshit ke nam bhi milate haian. ve aranbh se hi atyant kushagr buddhi aur adbhut pratibhashali the. unhoanne chhoti ayu mean hi ved, vedaang, darshan, puran, kavyadi mean tatha vividh dharmik granthoan mean abhootapoorv nipunata prapt ki thi. ve vaishnav dharm ke atirikt jain, bauddh, shaiv, shakt, shaankar adi dharm-sanpradayoan ke advitiy vidvan the. unhoanne apane jnan aur paandity ke karan kashi ke vidvat samaj mean adaraniy sthan prapt kiya tha.

kutumb-parivar

unaka kutumb parivar kafi b da aur samriddh tha, jisake adhikaansh vyakti dakshin ke aandhr pradesh mean nivas karate the. unaki do bahinean aur tin bhaee the.

• b de bhaee ka nam ramkrishna bhatt tha. ve madhavendr puri ke shishy aur dakshin ke kisi math ke adhipati the. unhoanne tapasya dvara b di siddhi prapt ki thi. sanvat 1568 mean ve vallabhachary ji ke sath badarinath dham ki yatra ko gaye the. apane uttar jivan mean ve sannyasi ho gaye the. unaki sannyasavastha ka nam keshavapuri tha.
• vallabhachary ji ke chhote bhaee ramachandr aur vishvanath the. ramachandr bhatt b de vidvan aur anek shastroan ke jnata the. unake ek pitrivy ne unhean god le liya tha aur ve apane palak pita ke sath ayodhya mean nivas karate the. unhoanne anek grantho ki rachana ki thi, jinamean 'shrriangar romavali shatak' (rachana-kal sanvat 1574), 'kripa-kutoohal', 'gopal lila' mahakavy aur 'shrriangar vedant' ke nam milate haian.

vallabhachary ji ka adhyayan san. 1545 mean samapt ho gaya tha. tab unake mata-pita unhean lekar tirth yatra ko chale gaye the. ve kashi se chal kar vividh tirthoan ki yatra karate hue jagadish puri gaye aur vahaan se dakshin chale gaye. dakshin ke shri veankateshvar bala ji mean sanvat 1546 ki chaitr krishna 9 ko unaka dehavasan hua tha. us samay vallabhachary ji ki ayu keval 11-12 varsh ki thi, kintu tab tak ve prakaand vidvan aur advitiy dharm-vetta ke roop mean prasiddh ho chuke the. unhoanne kashi aur jagadish puri mean anek vidvanoan se shastrarth kar vijay prapt ki thi. vallabhachary ji ke do putr hue the. b de putr gopinath ji ka janm sanvat 1568 ki ashvin krishna 12 ko a dail mean aur chhote putr vitthalanath ji ka janm sanvat 1572 ki paush krishna 9 ko charanat mean hua tha. donoan putr apane pita ke saman vidvan aur dharmanishth the.

advaitavad

advait vedant ki pratikriyasvaroop hi vedant ke any sampradayoan ka pradurbhav hua. ramanuj, nimbark, madhv aur vallabh ne jnan ke sthan par bhakti ko adhik prashray dekar vedant ko janasamany ki pahuanch ke yogy banane ka prayas kiya. upanishad, gita aur brahmasootr ke vishleshan par hi shankar ke advaitavad ka bhavan kh da hua tha. isi karan any acharyoan ne bhi prasthanatrayi ke sath sath bhagavat ko bhi apane mat ka adhar banaya. yadyapi vallabhachary ne ved, upanishad, bhagavadagita, brahmasootr tatha shrimadbhagavat ki vyakhyaoan ke madhyam se apane mat ka upasthan kiya, kintu unaka yah bhi vichar raha hai ki uparyukt srot granthoan mean se uttarottar ka pramany adhik hai. is prakar yah bhi kaha ja sakata hai ki shuddhadvait ke sandarbh mean vallabhachary dvara bhagavat par rachit subodhini tika ka mahattv bahut adhik hai. darshan mean bhakti ka put shrimadbhagavat se adhik shayad hi kisi any granth mean upalabdh hota ho. at: vallabhachary ke lie yah svabhavik hi tha ki vah shrimadbhagavat ko adhik mahattv dete.

vallabhachary ke pramukh granth

• brahmasootr ka 'anu bhashy' aur vrihad bhashy'
• bhagavat ki 'subodhini' tika
• bhagavat tatvadip nibandh
• poorv mimaansa bhashy
• gayatri bhashy
• patravalanvan
• purushottam sahastranam
• dashamaskandh anukramanika
• trividh namavali
• shiksha shlok
• 11 se 26 shodas granth, (1.yamunashtak,2.bal bodh,3.siddhaant muktavali,4.pushti pravah maryada bhed, 5.siddhant 6.navaratn, 7.aant:karan prabodh, 8. vivekadhaiyashriy, 9.krishnaashray, 10.chatushloki, 11.bhaktivardhini, 12.jalabhed, 13.panchapady, 14.sannsas nirnay, 15.nirodh lakshan 16.sevaphal)
• bhagavatpithika
• nyayadesh
• seva phal vivaran
• premamrit tatha
• vividh ashtak (1.madhurashtak, 2.parivridhashtak, 3. nandakumar ashtak, 4.shri krishnaashtak, 5. gopijanaballabhashtak adi.)

anubhashy

brahmasootr par vallabhachary ne anubhashy likha. anu shabd ka prayog achary ne kyoan kiya. aisi manyata hai ki vallabhachary ne brahmasootr par do bhashy likhe the, ek brihadabhashy (ya bhashy) aur doosara anu (chhota) bhashy. aisa pratit hota hai ki brihadabhashy ab upalabdh nahian hota, kintu anubhashy usi ka laghu sanskaran hai. isaki pushti is tathy se hoti hai ki shrimadbhagavat par bhi vallabhachary ne ek brihad tika (subodhini) likhi aur ek laghu tika (sookshm tika, jo ki ab upalabdh nahian hoti). ek hi granth ki tikaoan ke ekadhik sanskaran any acharyoan ne bhi likhe haian. udaharanataya madhvachary ne brahmasootr par hi char tikaean likhi thian-

1. bhashy
2. anubhashy (athava anuvyakhyan)
3. anuvyakhyan vivaran
4. anuvyakhyan.

ye charoan hi sanskaran upalabdh haian. at: madhvachary ka anukaran karake vallabhachary ne bhi brahmasootr ke bhashy ke do sanskaran (ek badha aur ek sookshm) likhe hoan to isamean koee ashchary nahian hai. vallabhachary ne darshanik samasyaoan ke samadhan mean anuman ko anupayukt manakar shabd praman ko variyata di hai. unake matanusar brahm maya se alipat hone ke karan nitant shuddh hai. vah sath, chith, anand ras se yukt hai. brahm apani sandhini shakti ke sath ka, sanchith shakti dvara chith ka, aur hladini shakti dvara anand ka avarbhav karata hai. vah poorn purushottam shashvat tatha sarvavyapak hone ke sath sath karta aur bhokta donoan hai. jagath ko vah apane mean se avirbhoot karata hai. aur is prakar vah jagath ka nimittakaran tatha upadan karan bhi hai. vah avikrit parinamavad ke anusar apane ko jagath ke roop mean avirbhoot karata hai, at: usake mool svaroop mean koee parivartan ya vikar nahian ata hai.

brahm ke tin roop

srishti kram ke sandarbh mean vallabhachary ne brahm ke tin roop batae haian-

1. adhibhautik-par brahm
2. adhyatmik-akshar brahm
3. adhibhautik-jagath brahm.

brahm raman karane ki ichchha se jiv aur j d ka avirbhav karata hai. is vyapar mean usaki kri da karane ki ichchha ka hi pradhany hai, n ki maya ka. jis prakar ek hi sarp kundal adi banakar anek roopoan mean dikhaee p data hai, kintu sarp aur usake kundaladi roop abhinn haian, usi prakar brahm anek roopoan mean sphurit hote hue bhi shuddh advait roop hi hai.

brahm ka doosara roop akshar brahm hai. vah bhi sath, chith tatha anandamay hai, kintu parabrahm mean anand asimit matra mean hai, jabaki akshar brahm mean vah simit hota hai. yah akshar brahm hi avatar ke roop mean avirbhoot hota hai. akshar brahm ek prakar se adhivaidik parabrahm ka adhyatmik (kayik) roop hai. kahian kahian akshar brahm ko parabrahm ka puchchh bhi kaha gaya hai. akshar brahm ke atirikt kal, karm aur svabhav bhi parabrahm ke hi roopantar haian. srishti ke arambh mean, akshar brahm prakriti aur purush ke roop mean avirbhoot hota hai. prakriti hi vibhinn sopanoan mean parinat hoti huee jagath ka srijan karati hai. isalie prakriti ko karanoan ka karan kaha jata hai. kal, karm aur svabhav is srishti prakriya mean apani apani bhoomika ka nirvah karate haian. yadyapi akshar, kal, karm aur svabhav srishti se poorv vidyaman rahate haian, kintu inaki ginati un 28 tatvoan mean nahian ki jati, jinaka ullekh tatvarthadip mean is prakar kiya gaya hai- satv, rajash, purush, prakriti, mahath, ahankar, panchatanmatr, panchamahabhoot, panchakarmendriyaan, panchajnanendriyaan tatha manash. yah jnatavy hai ki nam samy hone par bhi tatvarthadip mean ginae ge tatv saankhy ke tatvoan se bhinn haian.

achary ji ke pravachan sthal

shri vallabhachary ji ne apani yatraoan mean jahaan shrimadbhagavat ka pravachan kiya tha athava jin sthanoan ka unhoanne vishesh mahatmy batalaya tha, vahaan unaki baithakean bani huee haian, jo 'achary mahaprabhu ji ki baithakean' kahalati haian. vallabh sanpraday mean ye baithakean mandir devalayoan ki bhaanti hi pavitr aur darshaniy mani jati hai. in baithakoan ki sankhya 84 hai, aur ye samast desh mean phaili huee haian. inamean se 24 baithakean brajamandal mean haian, jo braj chaurasi kos ki yatra ke vividh sthanoan mean bani huee haian.

braj sthiti baithakoan ko vivaran is prakar haian—

• gokul mean – govindaghat par hai, jo sanvat 1550 mean achary ji ke sarvapratham braj mean padharane aur vahaan bhagavat ka prachalan karane ke anantar damodaradas harasani ko brahm sanbandh ki pratham diksha dene ki smriti mean banaee gee hai.
• gokul mean - shri dvarakanath ji ke mandir ke bahar hai, jo 'b di baithak' kahalati hai.
• gokul mean - shaiya mandir ki baithak ke nam se prasiddh hai.
• mathura mean - vishram ghat par hai, jo sanvat 1550 mean achary ji ke pratham bar mathura padharane aur vahaan ki 'yantr-badha' ke nivaran evan shrimadh bhagavat ki katha kahane ki smriti mean banaee gee hai.
• madhuvan mean - krishnakund par hai.
• kumudaban mean - bihar kund par hai.
• bahulaban mean - kund par vat vriksh ke niche hai.
• radhakund mean - vallabhaghat par hai.
• radhakund mean - chakaleshvar ke nikat manasi ganga ke ganga ghat par hai.
• govardhan mean - chandrasarovar par chhoankar ke vriksh ke niche hai.
• govardhan mean - anyaur mean saddoo paande ke ghar mean hai. is sthal par shri achary ji ne sanvat 1556 mean shrinath ji ki arambhik seva ka ayojan kiya tha.
• govardhan mean - govind kund par hai.
• govardhan mean - jatipura mean shri giriraj ji ke mukharaviand ke sanmukh hai. yahaan par shrinath ji ke prakaty ki smriti mean braj-yatra ke avasar par 'kunava da' kiya jata hai.
• kamavan mean - shrikund par hai.
• barasana mean - gahvaravan ke krishnakund par hai.
• karahala mean - krishnakund par hai.
• sanket mean - kund par chhoankar ke vriksh ke niche hai.
• premasarovar mean - kund par hai.
• nandagaanv mean - pan sarovar par hai.
• kokilaban mean - krishnakund par haian.
• sheshashayi mean - kshirasagar kund par hai.
• chiraghat mean - yamuna tat par katyayani devi ke mandir ke nikat hai.
• manasarovar - kund par hai.
• vrindavan mean - vanshivat par hai.

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