Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 23 [The Naure of ever-liberated soul], 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 23 [The Naure of ever-liberated soul]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 23:
啶ぞ啶む啶啶ぎ啶苦い啶苦じ啶距ぇ啶ㄠぞ啶む啶た啶曕ぞ 啶む啶掂い啷嵿啷冟い啷嬥え啷嵿ぎ啶苦し啶むた 啶ぞ 啶掂た啶曕げ啷嵿お啶о啶� 啷�
啶む啶掂い啷嵿じ啷嵿さ啶班啶ぎ啶曕げ啶權啶曕た啶む 啶むく啶� 啶曕じ啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂た 啶掂た啶︵啶粪 啶� 啶啶曕啶むい啶� 啷� 啷ㄠォ 啷�m膩t峁沵eyamitis膩dhan膩tmik膩 tvatk峁泃onmi峁ti y膩 vikalpadh墨岣� |
tvat蝉惫补谤奴辫补尘akala峁卥ita峁� tay膩 kasya devi vidu峁 na muktat膩 || 23 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[The Naure of ever-liberated soul]
A 厂腻诲丑补办补 who gains the knowledge shown in the first 痴颈尘补谤艣补, will be a mukta.The naure of nitya mukta, of ever liberated soul, is defined by the 厂颈诲诲丑腻.According to him a 闯帽腻苍颈 is liberated, who realizes through buddhi,the three fold form of Devi, as the knower, known and knowledge. He shines through her will knowing her as subtle and pure. The wise who sees her as knowledge as well as the cause of knowledge is liberated.[1]
Nature of the eternally liberated (Nityamukta)
In general, Knower, Known and Knowledge shine through the Buddhi, the discriminating power accorded to mankind by 艢补办迟颈 for the purpose of knowing the ultimatum of all knowledge . The 闯帽腻苍颈 realises this threefold aspect of knowledge as shining through her 艢补办迟颈 and understands her to be pure and as the cause of all knowledge as well as knowledge itself. He becomes a liberated soul.
The subtlest 础苍迟补岣补谤补峁嘺 颁补迟耻峁ａ弓补测补 [肠补迟耻峁ａ弓补测补尘] is the instrumental cause of 惭腻迟峁� (Knower). The Instrumental cause of Meya (Known) is the combination of the Karmendriyas and 闯帽腻苍别苍诲谤颈测补蝉 , each presided over by Manas and Buddhi respectively. The knowledge is the offshoot of the activities of the 厂奴办峁补-indriyas (罢补苍尘腻迟谤补蝉). 痴颈办补濒辫补诲丑墨:[2] is the tool afforded by Her-the very personification of 痴腻肠-Artha (word and Sense) as the Cit. A 闯帽腻苍颈 using this tool finds the true source as the pure Svara-狈腻诲补 厂惫补谤奴辫补 [蝉惫补谤奴辫补尘] which is her original form and becomes enlightened soul.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorik膩] p 52-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 23.
m膩t峁沵膩namey膩tmakratripu峁玽ikalpabuddherarth膩tmani 膩tm膩rthe v膩 v膩峁卪膩tra kalpitatay膩 tay膩svasvar奴pan膩damay墨峁� v膩gdevat膩makala峁卥itatvavimar艣ena sv膩rthaprapa峁僣a峁� s膩k峁Ｄ乼kurvatopi vidu峁 nityamuktat膩m膩dau pratij膩n墨te.
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