Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 183 [Cidanandamayi Shakti enfolds the projection in one鈥檚 Self], 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 183 摆颁颈诲腻苍补苍诲补尘补测墨 艢补办迟颈 enfolds the projection in one鈥檚 Self]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 183:
啶啶侧い啶� 啶啶班き啷冟い啶� 啶ぞ啶掂啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶距え啷嵿い啶ㄠた啶оえ啶� 啶多た啶掂 啶溹啶む 啷�
啶掂ぞ啶灌い啶む啶啶班ぅ啶ㄠく啷嬥ぐ啷嵿え啶苦し啷囙う啷佮し啷� 啶啷嵿啶じ啷嵿さ 啶むさ 啶оぞ啶啶ㄠた 啶氞た啶む啶う啷� 啷� 啷оギ啷� 啷�m奴lata岣� prabh峁泃i p膩vak膩艣raya峁� dv膩da艣膩ntanidhana峁� 艣ive jagat |
v膩hatatprathanayorni峁du峁Ｄ� majjayasva tava dh膩mni citpade || 183 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
摆颁颈诲腻苍补苍诲补尘补测墨 艢补办迟颈 enfolds the projection in one鈥檚 Self]
The twelve cakras[1] starting from 惭奴濒腻诲丑腻谤补 till 顿惫腻诲补艣腻苍迟补 are the abode of manifestation in the Cosmic Self (Cit-笔谤补办腻艣补) which are absorbed in Cid膩nandamay墨 艢补办迟颈 in order to afford 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 attain oneness with 笔补谤补尘补艣颈惫补.
Five spots of vacant space (厂奴苍测补蝉迟丑腻苍补蝉) which depict the 膧办腻艣补 element, exist between the Six cakras starting from Bindu鈥�
- Bindu,
- Ardhacandra,
- 搁辞诲丑颈苍墨,
- 狈腻诲补,
- 狈腻诲腻苍迟补 and
- 艢补办迟颈.
Heart is the abode of the 笔补帽肠补辫谤腻峁嚹乻鈥�the 痴腻测耻 element. Like Agni which purifies the impurities, 痴腻测耻 also purifies the Smell and hence referred to here as 笔腻惫补办补. The first appearance of spanda in 厂峁涐梗峁璱办谤补尘补, from 笔谤补办腻艣补-艢颈惫补 as 痴颈尘补谤艣补 transforms into 笔谤腻峁嚹乻[2]. 艢补办迟颈 in her Bliss state affords the 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 to attain this abode of her, by her grace of revelation of the eternal nature of Self. 笔谤补峁嘺惫补鈥檚 three vowels represent the 闯腻驳谤补迟, Svapna and 厂耻峁辫迟颈 states of mind. 厂耻峁辫迟颈 is traced to the Mid of Brows (膧箩帽腻) position known as Bindu. It also represents the Sanskrit letter 鈥�丑谤墨尘鈥� (丑峁沴濒别办丑补). Cause of Manifestation of Soul is 狈腻诲补鈥攏ame for the group of Ardhacandra, 搁辞诲丑颈苍墨 and 狈腻诲补鈥攚hich is the 罢耻谤墨测补 state.
The fifth 罢耻谤墨测腻迟墨迟补 state is state of Bliss which spreads [through the following levels of contemplation]:
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 113 [颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 183.鈥�
m奴l膩dh膩r膩d dv膩da艣膩nta峁� y膩vaccakr膩峁嚹佱箖 dv膩da艣a峁僰a janm膩gra-m奴la-kanda-n膩bhi-h峁泃- ka峁囜弓ha-t膩lu-bhr奴madhya-lal膩峁璦-brahmarandhra-艣akti-vy膩pin墨tyanta峁� vartate | 峁峁囜笉hasvar膩n catura岣� 峁� 峁� l峁涐節 岣筟#] varjayitv膩 艣e峁svar膩nak膩r膩divisarg膩nt膩n sa峁僰alayya dv膩da艣asvar膩岣� kutracit kutracit proktadv膩da艣acakre峁 dhy膩tavy膩 ityupadi峁ａ弓am |
[2] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 114 [颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 183.鈥�
鈥減r膩k 艣akti岣� pr膩峁噀 pari峁嘺t膩鈥� iti n墨ty膩 艣ekta岣� pratham膩virbh膩vovarohakrame pr膩峁嚹� eveti tantr膩gama艣膩str膩bhiyukt膩岣� |