Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 81 [Shodashasvara鈥擲ixteen vowels], 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 81 [峁岣峚艣asvara鈥擲ixteen vowels]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 81:
啶ㄠた啶班啶溹え啶膏啶ムた啶むた啶侧く啶啶班ぅ啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶苦啷囙そ啶椸啶班ぞ啶膏え啶苦い啷嵿く啶ㄠた啶班さ啶椸啶班す啷嬥う啶 啷�
啶溹啶啶た啶むじ啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶︵え啷佮お啶距啷嵿し啶︵啶た啶む 啶︵啶掂啶し啷嵿啶曕 啶え啷佮ぐ啷佮ぎ啷� ! 啶むさ啶距じ啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷� 啷ェ 啷�苍颈谤箩补苍补蝉迟丑颈迟颈濒补测补辫谤补迟丑腻迟尘颈办别'驳谤腻蝉补苍颈迟测补苍颈谤补惫补驳谤补丑辞诲补测补岣� |
j峁沵bhitastvadanup膩k峁d墨pito dvya峁ａ弓aka峁� manurume ! tav膩sanam || 81 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[峁岣峚艣asvara, Mantrar奴pa, 惭腻迟峁沰补r奴pa]
The sixteen vowels are the seed letters which form the mantras. They are the prime cause for the creation and maintenance of the manifestation in their 艢补办迟颈 forms. 惭腻迟峁沰补 艢补办迟颈[1] who is the expressed form of 艢颈惫补 (a-kara) are also the cause of 厂峁涐梗峁璱, Sthiti and Laya. When they are pronounced in the 耻辫腻蝉补苍补 they are Mantras. They rise eternally with out any obstruction to form the seat of 艢补办迟颈 (dvaya峁ａ弓akam manustava 膩sanam).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p49-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻闭-81.鈥�
ak膩r膩daya岣� 峁岣峚艣asvar膩 b墨j膩k峁rar奴patv膩d manavo mantrar奴p膩岣�, jagatsargasthitihetutvane 艣aktir奴patvena ca m膩t峁沰膩r奴p膩岣�, 艣aktir奴patvena ca layahetavo'pi | te c膩k膩rasyaiva jumbh膩峁� (vist膩ram) pr膩pit膩岣�, 艣膩ktai艣ca s膩dhaika岣� s膩dhanapaddhatisam膩lambanena prad墨pit膩岣� santo manavo mantrar奴p膩: | tairvar峁嚹乶tar膩峁嚹佱箖 gr膩so na tu te峁Ｄ佱箖 var峁嚹乶tarairityagr膩sena nitya峁� te峁Ｄ佱箖 niravagraha udaya岣�, tairaiva ca sargasthitilayaprath膩, ta eva ca 艣aktir奴p膩岣� 艣akty膩sanar奴p膩: ca|