Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 5 [Non-difference Between Upasaka and Upasana], 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 5 [Non-difference Between Upāsaka and Upāsana]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 5:
हृद्गुहामभिलषन्नहन्तया दृक्क्रियावपुरदृक्क्रियापदम् ।
सन्तमेमि समभावदं शिवं सख्यहानिरमुना हि सूयते ॥ ५ ॥hṛdguhāmabhilaṣannahantayā dṛkkriyāvapuradṛkkriyāpadam |
santamemi samabhāvadaṃ śivaṃ sakhyahāniramunā hi sūyate || 5 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Non-difference Between Upāsaka and Upāsana]
Siddhā says that he at the state of the impersonal I or pure self, the seeker or knower after Truth, enthroned in the cave of the heart,’ Cidvyoma’ has gained an inner sight and has become one with Īśvara or Śivakāla. He is beyond knowledge or action, shining in all His perfection, the Destroyer of all Dualism. As an instrument of Śivakāla he reveals the nature of truth from this state.[1]
The Identity of limited Ego to the Absolute “I”Conciousness, Śiva
The limited ego, residing in the cave of the heart of the Sādhaka, forgetting its true nature to be the Supreme I-Conciousness[2], assumes the limitations of gross and subtle forms as the Self. Thus the self loses memory that it was the Illuminating Absolute Conciousness. This kālī upāsana renders the Supreme Knowledge accessible by removing this duality of the consciousness.
This is the ultimate knowledge that destroys the three malas—
Paramaśiva in his compassionate state, enters the cave of heart of the living beings to help them attain liberation.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 17-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 5.—
sakalatantrāgamapurāṇetihāsādiprameyabhūtamahāुkaladharmarūpaṃ, bhārataṃ svukaladharmaṃ, mahāvirāḍgāyatryarthatve naivābhinīyāpi darśayantaṃ,mahākaulikamarthanārīśvaraṃ śabdārthobhaya śarīreṇa svayamapyanuviśati.
[2] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 17-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 5.—
dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pariṣasvajāte |
tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ khādatyanaśnannanyo'bhicākaśīti