Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 108 [Khecari as Sphurana-Shakti], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries—the 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 108 [ī as ܰṇa-Śپ]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 108:
पञ्चसु स्फुरत� देवि वृत्तिसु त्वन्मयीषु यद� काचन स्वत� �
शश्वदाशु निखिलास्तदैव ता� सामरस्यमधिरुह्� भान्त्यमूः � १०� �pañcasu sphurati devi vṛttisu tvanmayīṣu yadi kācana svata� |
śaśvadāśu nikhilāstadaiva tā� sāmarasyamadhiruhya bhāntyamū� || 108 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
ī Śپ’s five types of activities emerge in the form of 䲹ṣu徱 ʲñ ñԱԻⲹ. If one of them attain Śپ’s identity to shine on its own, it is only due to Śپ’s all pervasiveness but it cannot attain the ability to grasp the objects related to the other four indriyas. The 䲹ṣu can not consume the object of Rasana indriya.