Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 243-244 [Srishti Krama is the best of the Kalas], 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 243-244 [厂峁涐梗峁璱 Krama is the best of the 碍补濒腻s]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 243-244:
啶啶む啶曕啶班ぎ啶о啶曕啶多じ啶啶啶む 啶むい啷嵿い啶︵ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶ぇ啷� 啶ぞ啶む啶啶む啶膏啶曕 啷�
啶え啷嵿ぎ啶班啶氞た啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶膏き啶距じ啷嵿啶班じ啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶︵啶班啶氞 啶多げ啶さ啶む 啶啶班げ啷�啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶忇し 啶ぎ啶曕ぞ啶� 啶夃啷嵿く啶む 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶掂ぞ啶灌い啶ㄠ啶班啷嵿え啶苦ぎ啶啶� 啶 啷�
啶班啶︵啶班ぎ啷囙い啶︵啶え啷�啶� 啶栢 啶ぐ啶� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶掂た啶啶栢 啶曕ぐ啷嬥し啷嵿く啶啶 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�bh奴tacakramadhuko艣asambh峁泃a峁� tattadarthamadhu p膩tumutsuka岣� |
yanmar墨civi峁ya岣� sabh膩skarastvadrucau 艣alabhavat pral墨yate || 243 ||
pr膩峁嘺 e峁 yamak膩la ucyate madhyav膩hatanuragnimamba ya岣� |
rudrametadupan墨ya kha峁� para峁� tatra sargavimukha峁� karo峁amum || 244 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
厂补峁僪腻谤补办腻濒颈
After the involution of manifestation of word and sense, till its memory exists, 艢补办迟颈 shines as 闯补驳补苍尘补测墨. When experience transcends even the memory, then entirety of the 叠谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补 brings great rejoice. Hence, 碍腻濒补, who is repositary of the 碍补濒腻, viz., 厂补峁僪腻谤补办腻濒颈, is sought after by 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉.
厂峁涐梗峁璱 Krama is the best of the 碍补濒腻s of 艢补办迟颈, in which her supremacy shines.
Sthiti Krama enables vivid experiences of the cognitions. Sthiti highlights the beauty of 厂峁涐梗峁璱. Then it is 厂补峁僪腻谤补办谤补尘补 which is the effort to trace back to the source of creation. 厂峁涐梗峁璱 is associated with birth which starts with the pain of containment in the womb of mother. Sthiti is the constant thought process wavering between the twin concepts-Pain and Pleasure; Gain and Loss; Victory and Defeat etc., 厂补峁僪腻谤补 is the natural instinct of the soul to get back to the original blissful state which is one鈥檚 source in creation[1].
Twelve 厂奴谤测补kal膩s merge into 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 Brilliance alongwith 厂奴谤测补
叠丑奴迟补肠补办谤补, the totality of 辫补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补蝉 is the treasury of honey. It is said to be brimming with honey. The rays of 厂奴谤测补 wish to drink the respective sweetness from different 叠丑奴迟补蝉. They along with 厂奴谤测补, like the moths, get attracted towards 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 brilliance and merge into her light.The greatness of 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 brilliance surpasses that of 厂奴谤测补, whose rays enliven the living things in the universe.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 167 [颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 244.鈥�
yamak膩ly膩岣� 艣r墨pa帽ca艣atikoktalak峁峁嘺峁� viveke - yamar奴pasvar奴pasth膩 r奴p膩t墨tasvar奴pag膩 | s膩 kal膩 l墨yate yasy膩峁� yamak膩l墨 tu s膩 sm峁泃膩 || 艣r墨kramastotre'pi - sarv膩tharsa峁僰ar峁峁嘺sa峁儁amasya yamasya yanturjagato yam膩ya | vapurmah膩gr膩savil膩sar膩g膩t sa峁僰ar峁y墨峁僴tapra峁嘺m膩mi k膩l墨m ||