Vallabhakṛtasubodhinī

A commentary on the Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10th Skandha (chapter) by Vallabhācārya I—also known as Vallabha or Vallabha Dīkṣita, with the epithet Vaiśvānara or Agni—was the son of Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa Yallamā, the elder brother of Rāmacandra and father of Gopīnātha Viṭṭhala. He was born in 1479 C.E. in the forest of Chamba near Raipur. Vallabhācārya was the preceptor of Puruṣottama (author of Avatāravādāvalī, among other works) and was a contemporary of Kṛṣṇadeva Rāya of Vijayanagara. He was also the founder of the Śuddhādvaita school (NCC, Vol. XXVII, p. 224). This manuscript contains five chapters from his commentary (chapters 26 to 30), which fall under the tāpasa-phala-avāntara-prakaraṇa. Chapter 26 describes the rāsa-līlā (folios 1b–25a). Chapter 27 describes the condition of the gopīs in the absence of Lord Kṛṣṇa (folios 25a–39a). Chapter 28 narrates the songs of the gopīs (folios 39a–50a). Chapter 29 recounts the episode where Lord Kṛṣṇa appears to the gopīs and consoles them (folios 50a–59b). Chapter 30 describes the mahā-rāsa (folios 59b–74a). This manuscript highlights kārikās from the Bhāgavata in red ink. This Ms. is written in 10–11 lines per folio. Cover and back page contain title. Title also present in colophon (f.74a). The double Pūrṇvirāma (full stop) style vertical brackets, colophon and significant text are in red.