Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 56 [Amba, the Lustre of that lustrous Ishvara], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries鈥攖he Divyacakorika and the Kramaprakashika. The Cidgagana-candrika is an important Tantric work belonging to the Krama system of Kashmir Shaivism. Written by Kalidasa (Shrivatsa) in 312 Sanskrit verses, it deals with the knowledge regarding both the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic phenomena
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Verse 56 [础尘产腻, the Lustre of that lustrous 莫艣惫补谤补]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 56:
啶掂た啶多啶掂ぎ啷囙い啶︵た啶むた 啶ぞ啶洁す啶た啶む啶じ啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶ぐ啷傕お啶掂た啶班す啷囙ぃ 啶ㄠた啶多啶氞た啶むぞ 啷�
啶膏ぞ 啶む啶掂ぎ啶啶� ! 啶� 啶た啶ぐ啷嵿し啶� 啶ぞ啶膏啶い啶距 啶ぞ啶む啶え啷� 啶う啶膏た 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶堗ざ啶苦い啷佮 啷� 啷ガ 啷�vi艣vametaditi y膩'hamityasau n膩mar奴pavirahe峁嘺 ni艣cit膩 |
s膩 tvamamba ! na bibhar峁 bh膩syat膩峁� bh膩tmano yadasi dharma 墨艣itu岣� || 56 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[础尘产腻, the Lustre of that lustrous 莫艣惫补谤补]
She remains in the form of creation as man or woman the third gender or a lifeless thing. All this and the varied creation, viewed apart from name and form, is her self. Since, she is the lustre of that lustrous 莫艣惫补谤补, she neither shines as objects of name and form, nor, is she revealed by means of something else, for nothing exists besides her. She is the lustre pure and simple. This suggests that 莫艣惫补谤补 has no separate existence without her.[1] (Herein, the 础箩腻迟补 厂颈诲诲丑腻苍迟补, spoken in the M膩峁囜笉奴kya Upani峁d and in the 骋补耻岣峚辫腻诲补 碍腻谤颈办补, is recollected).
Aham-Idam-Asau
痴颈尘补谤艣补艣补办迟颈, determines that 鈥渢his鈥� is the Universe. She is the revealer of the sense of 鈥�补丑补峁�鈥� (I-ness) in 艢颈惫补 and in the universe in its names and forms[2] as 鈥�颈诲补峁�鈥� (this). When she is bereft of them, she becomes identified with 艢颈惫补 as 鈥�补蝉补耻岣�鈥� (I-ness-Being). 笔谤补办腻艣补-艢颈惫补鈥檚 Dharmar奴pa 艢补办迟颈 also has identical luminance.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorik膩] p 103-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 56.鈥�
v膩garthas膩marasyema n膩dhanavakatripu峁瓂膩峁� vyavah膩ralopa峁�, jagad膩ndhyaprasakti峁� ca sakalakhedah膩ritvaphalapradar艣anap奴rva峁僰a parih峁泃ya tatraiva sv膩bhinn膩bhinnayo岣� sv膩bhedaniyam膩nurodhena jagajj墨vapar膩tman膩峁� n膩d膩bhinnavisargatrayar奴pat膩峁�,vindutrayar奴pat膩峁� 惫腻辫颈 蝉颈诲诲丑腻苍迟补测补迟颈.
[2] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 35-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻]-56.鈥�
y膩 tva峁� vi艣va峁� n膩mar奴pavaditi, 补丑补峁� citi艣aktistu n膩mar奴pavirahe峁嘺 as膩viti tadbhinneti ni艣cayavat墨, s膩 tva峁� n膩mar奴pavirah膩d aja岣嵞� bh膩syat膩峁� na vibhar峁 kintu svaprak膩艣abh膩r奴paiveti |