Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 75 [Eternal Shiva in Nirbijasamadhi], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries—the 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 75 [Eternal Śiva in Nirbījasamādhi]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 75:
आद्यचित्प्रसरमूर्तिरम्बिके पीततां व्रजति यत्कृतास्पदा ।
अक्षयं शिवमुपास्य तज्जनः शक्तिचक्रजनितः प्रमुच्यते ॥ ७५ ॥ādyacitprasaramūrtirambike pītatāṃ vrajati yatkṛtāspadā |
akṣayaṃ śivamupāsya tajjanaḥ śakticakrajanitaḥ pramucyate || 75 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Eternal Śiva in Nirbījasamādhi]
The initial vibration (Vimarśa Śakti) is the image of Cit at the time of creation. She being consumed in Pralaya attains oneness with Śiva. The changeless and eternal Śiva is the abode of Śakti in Pralaya. A Sādhaka, who in the state of Nirbīja samādhi[1] worships that ultimate abode of Śiva gets the liberation from cycle of birth caused by Śakti.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p46-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 75.—
cidrūpasya śivasya ādyaspandarūpā śaktimūrtiḥ pralayāvasare yasmin śive kṛtāśrayā layaṃ vrajati, śaktilayādhiṣṭhānatve'pi svayaṃ layaśūnyaṃ taṃ śivaṃ nirbījasamādhau sākṣātkṛtya sādhako jano viṣayāvabhāsarūpasya śakticakrasya tadānīṃ śive layena śakticakraprayuktājjanmanaḥ pramukto bhavatīti |