Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 21 [Moon the motif of creation and destruction], 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 21 [Moon the motif of creation and destruction]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 21:
啶膏お啷嵿ぐ啶曕ぞ啶多啷冟い啶啷嵿啶ㄠ 啶溹啶む 啶曕啶班啶掂い啷� 啶さ啶膏た 啶啶班啶｀た啶ぞ 啶多た啶掂 啷�
啶啶班啶｀ぎ啷囙さ 啶むさ 啶班啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶ぅ啶� 啶曕啶班啶掂い啷� 啶曕た啶� 啶曕啶灌啶� 啶啶班い啷�啶じ啷� 啷� 啷ㄠェ 啷�saprak膩艣ak峁泃amajjana峁� jagat kurvat墨 bhavasi 辫奴谤峁噄尘腻 艣ive |
p奴r峁嘺meva tava r奴pamanyath膩 kurvat墨 kila kuh奴岣� prat墨yase || 21 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Moon the motif of creation and destruction]
The 厂颈诲诲丑腻 addresses 艢补办迟颈 as 厂颈惫腻 as bathing in the light born of her self or bathing the world in her light. She is the full moon, 鈥�辫奴谤峁噄尘腻鈥�. While shrinking or with-drawing the light, she becomes the new moon, 鈥�补尘腻惫腻蝉测腻鈥� or 鈥�kuhu鈥�. Light and darkness exist together at a time for the visual eye. Likewise, she exists simultaneously as light (creative force) and as darkness (the destructive force) at a time. In other words, creation starts where destruction ends and vice versa. Thus both light and darkness constitute her nature in her full and Perfect state.[1]
Creation -New Moon; Destruction -Full Moon are effects of 础尘产腻
In line with 艢颈惫补鈥檚 intention to indulge in creation and destruction, 碍腻濒墨 herself shines as Fullmoon (笔奴谤峁噄尘腻) by absorbing the entire luminance of 艢颈惫补 alongwith the proposed universe for creation. When she brings out of her that universe emitting her light fully thus becoming dark, she becomes New moon (础尘腻惫腻蝉测补-Kuhu). Thus as brightness and darkness[2] form part of the two aspects of the same power. Creation is associated with Her dark phase and destruction with Her bright phase which co-exist in manifestation. Hence, 碍腻濒墨 is the light in destruction simultaneously having her darkness in creation as she emits her light fully to become the 惭补丑腻艣奴苍测补 and viceversa. Both reveal Her aspect of absolute Perfection. Here she acts like the preceptors of 厂腻峁卥丑测补 and Yoga philosophies who follow different paths but agree in principle about the State of 厂补尘腻诲丑颈 and Upliftment.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorik膩] p 46-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 21.
s膩峁卥hyayogapath膩parapary膩yavaidikav膩garthasth膩n墨yayo岣� j帽膩nakarma峁噊r膩bh膩sam膩na virodha parih膩re峁嘺phalaikya峁� pradar艣ya tayoreva 辫奴谤峁噄尘腻'm膩r奴pe峁嘺 vaidik墨峁� pratilom膩nuloma s峁涐梗峁璱sa峁僪膩rahetut膩峁� ca var峁嘺yan prabandhaprameyat膩峁� c膩pi s奴trayati.
[2] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 13-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻]-21.鈥�
s膩峁僰hyayogapathayo岣� paraspara峁� bhinnayorapi de艣ikadvaya峁� sam膩dhau j膩tasa峁僲ati峁僰a svasam膩dhau saprak膩艣a峁� jagat sv膩tmani majjayat p奴r峁嘺峁� bhavati, vyutth膩ne bahi岣� kurvacca ri峁僰ta bhavat墨ti sam膩dhau vyutth膩ne ca vidvadanubhavasiddhas峁涐梗峁璱sa峁僪膩rad峁涐梗峁乶topany膩sena pr膩k峁泃au sargasa峁僪膩rau pras膩dhayan tatkart峁泃vane m膩h膩tmyamudbh膩vya ca峁囜笉ik膩艣akti峁� stauti |