Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 184 [Eligibility for attainment of release from Samsara], 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 184 [Eligibility for attainment of release from 厂补峁僺腻谤补]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 184:
啶 啶ㄠた啶班ぞ啶掂ぐ啶｀く啷佮啷嵿い啶苦ざ啶距げ啶苦え啶膏啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班い啶� 啶膏啶啶班い啶� 啶むい啷嵿お啶班 啶ㄠき啶� 啷�
啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶啶ぎ啶苦い啶苦ぎ啶距い啷冟啶膏啶ぐ啷� 啶掂ぞ啶膏え啶距お啶� 啶� 啶溹啶︵啶掂た啶啶︵啶� 啷� 啷оギ啷� 啷�ye nir膩vara峁嘺yukti艣膩linast膩n prati sphurati tatpara峁� nabha岣� |
yatra meyamitim膩t峁沢hasmare v膩san膩pi na jagadvibhedag膩 || 184 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Eligibility for attainment of release from 厂补峁僺腻谤补]
The manifold manifestation of objects of the world is transcended by the Yogis, who constantly worship 艢补办迟颈, in their 颁颈诲腻办腻艣补. Duality arising due to 罢谤颈辫耻迟墨 in the form 惭补迟峁�, Meya and 惭腻苍补, does not occur in Yogis though they continue to be active in their relative pursuits of livelihood. Their transcendence is in the form of realising Self in everything.
Three ways are to be followed by the 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉. They are 艢谤耻迟颈, 厂惫腻苍耻产丑奴迟颈 and Yukti. 艢谤耻迟颈 is Tantra-膧驳补尘补 艣腻蝉迟谤补蝉. Yukti is the effort to sacrifice the worldly pursuit, in the sense of attaining the undifferentiated form of 厂惫腻迟尘补艣颈惫补 in union with his 艢补办迟颈. The 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉, who stay in this state of 狈颈谤腻惫补谤补峁嘺-测耻办迟颈, realise the luminance of the Absolute in their 颁颈诲腻办腻艣补. At this state even the worldly knowledge and the 痴腻蝉补苍腻蝉 get destroyed. The Ultimate knowledge that, 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补 in his 痴颈艣惫补谤奴辫腻 dwells in Self and in entire manifestation, arises as 鈥�补丑补尘-补办丑补峁嘾腻苍补苍诲补鈥� state. On reaching this level the 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 always stay in their ever-awakened state[1].
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 116 [颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 184.鈥�
墨艣varapratyabhij帽膩y膩峁� bha峁弓otpalena- sarvo mam膩ya峁� vibhava ityeva峁� parij膩nata岣� | vi艣v膩tmano vikalp膩n膩峁� prasare'pi mahe艣at膩 || 12