Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 68 [Kala-gati], 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 68 [碍腻濒补-gati]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 68:
啶掂ぞ啶膏ぐ啷囙ざ啶班啶ㄠ啶多く啷嬥 啶曕げ啶距ざ啷嵿啶｀啶∴た 啶ぞ啶掂う啷佮う啶 啶掂た啶むえ啷嵿さ啶む 啷�
啶むぞ啶掂う啷囙さ 啶︵た啶掂じ啶曕啶粪お啷嬥う啶じ啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶む啶曕啶む 啶啶班啶熰啷佮お啷嵿い啶掂た啶椸啶班す啶� 啷� 啷ギ 啷�v膩sare艣arajan墨艣ayo岣� kal膩艣ca峁囜笉i y膩vadudaya峁� vitanvate |
t膩vadeva divasak峁podayastvatk峁泃a岣� praka峁璦guptavigraha岣� || 68 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
Calling 艢补办迟颈 as 颁补峁囜笉颈 (angry towards him whose vision is multifarious) 厂颈诲诲丑腻 says that she is the cause of time in the form of Sun and Moon, in whose wake day dawns and sets; in truth they are her two eyes functioning in her visible body, opening or shutting, revealed or hidden. The Sun has 360 days, whereas the Moon has twelve days and twelve nights, the two fortnights, in the unit, the year. The sum total of this 碍腻濒补 gati, time flow or cycle is herself.[1]
Rise of Day and Night in Macro-cosmos and Micro-body
The rise of day by 笔谤腻峁嘺蝉奴谤测补 办补濒腻蝉 , and that of night by the Ap膩nasoma 办补濒腻蝉 happen both at the Subtle and Gross levels of manifestation.The subtle function is day and night caused by the opening and closing of 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 two eyes[2]鈥攖he Sun and the moon. The time cycle of Sun enumerated as years and the Moon cycle as fortnights are the gross identification. The fierce 艢补办迟颈 is the power inert in them for the whole activities.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorik膩] p 130-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 68.鈥�
navavidhak膩lam膩nasvasvar奴pas峁涐梗峁瓂膩dik峁泃yapa峁僣akapa峁冡笉it膩y膩 mah膩k膩ly膩岣� vak峁yam膩峁嘺 k膩lasa峁僰ar峁峁嚹玽ahnim奴rtimayamah膩cekra p奴rvoktaprak膩艣膩na峁僤ak膩la cakrapravartakas奴yarca峁僤rayo岣� 惫颈诲测腻'惫颈诲测腻mayav膩garthavy膩vah膩rika netradva y膩tmakat膩峁� svasyaiva vahnimayat峁泃墨yanetrat膩峁� ca p膩峁環abhedasiddh膩mudgh膩峁璦yati.
[2] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 43-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻]-68.鈥�
y膩vatk膩la峁� v膩sare艣arajan墨艣ayo岣� pr膩峁嚹乸膩nar奴payo kal膩岣� udaya峁� vidh膩rayanti t膩vatk膩lamave tvatk峁泃a岣� praka峁璦vigraho laukika岣�, gupta-vigraha艣ca 膩gama艣膩stram膩traprasiddha岣�, divasodaya岣� k峁podaya艣ca bhavat墨 |