Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 13 [The nature of Cit—the form-less state], 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 13 [The nature of Cit—the form-less state]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 13:
कल्पनातिगमतीन्द्रियं च यल्लक्ष्यमुज्झति बहिर्मुखं तथा ।
अन्तरालगमभावभावयोस्तन्नतोऽस्मि सदहं निराकृति ॥ १३ ॥kalpanātigamatīndriyaṃ ca yallakṣyamujjhati bahirmukhaṃ tathā |
antarālagamabhāvabhāvayostannato'smi sadahaṃ nirākṛti || 13 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[The nature of Cit—the form-less state]
The Siddhā bows to the pure Self “cit”—the Impersonal Ego, which is beyond the conception of the mind and the senses; which is beyond the concept of the knower, knowledge and the known; which shines as creator and destroyer between creation and destruction; which exists in between thought and non-thought, the form-less one.[1]
Īśvara—formless pure Self (Impersonal Ego)-oneness with his Śakti
The boundless (pure self) shines as the substratum of creation and destruction; of creator and destroyer; of thought and its absence; It is beyond the images of the mind, purview of the senses and all the worldly knowledge. That pure Self, the formless ultimate Truth is one with His Śakti[2] (Cit) before the process of manifestation. This formless state of consciousness (aham) is Kilāsa (Sat).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 33-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 13.—
svātmabhedena vāgarthakālīkālayorvāgarthanādatripuṭīśarīreṇa ca gurvoghaṣaṭka gatamātmā śrayāśrayibhāvamunmīlya, atīndriyatvenānirvacanīyatāṃ vadan pūrṇabhāvamapyunmīlayati.
[2] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] 9-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-1 3.
yatsad brahma akalpitamatīndriyaṃ bāhyadṛśyaprapañca saṃbandhaśūnyatvāt asaṅgatvaśravaṇāt sattvāsattvarūpa dharmaśūnyatve'pi sadrūpatvena bhāvābhāvayormadhyagataṃ sarvopādhi rāhityane nirākāraṃ ca tadrūpāṃ kālīṃ praṇati |