Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 168 [Kalakarshini Svarupa], 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 168 [첹ṣiṇ� ū貹]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 168:
यो दशेन्द्रियनिविष्� उद्धृतोऽत्यर्थमात्मजडभेदविप्लुतः �
तत� क्षयाय वत कालकर्षिणी त्वत्समुल्लसति तावकी रुचि� � १६� �yo daśendriyaniviṣṭa uddhṛto'tyarthamātmajaḍabhedavipluta� |
tat kṣayāya vata kālakarṣiṇ� tvatsamullasati tāvakī ruci� || 168 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
The objects of knowledge, Ś徱-貹ñ첹 and their abodes the ʲñūٲ are sought for by the ten means of knowledge, ñԲ and Karma indriyas. When these Indriya s are withdrawn from them, then the knowledge thus acquired through them, gets stored in Գٲḥkṇa in the form of memory/ . Thus in state of ṣuپ or pralaya, the s continue to reside in subtility. 첹ṣiṇ�[1] emerges as the power, capable of wiping out even the effect of time and enables complete destruction (cittalaya).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p97 -[侱岵ԲԻ-168.�
jñānendriyapañceka karmendriyapañceka ca niviṣṭā viṣayā� śabdādipañcaṃka tadāśrayībhūta� bhūta貹ñ첹� ca, indriyadaśakanirodhena teṣāṃ bahirindriyadaśakanirodhe'pyantaḥkaraṇe teṣāṃ sūkṣamarūpaṇe sthitirūpo layo bhavati, tatrāpi teṣāṃ suṣuptikāle pralaye vā'vasthānāt | kṣaye tu mahākālīrūpāyā māturicchaiva kālakarṣiṇīrūpā niyāmiketi ||