Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 14 [Sat, Cit and Ananda—(Truth, Knowledge and Bliss)], 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 14 [Sat, Cit and Ānanda—(Truth, Knowledge and Bliss)]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 14:
अम्ब यद्भवति तत्त्दात्मना स्वैरितामजहदद्वयोदयम् ।
तावकं पदमपाकृतक्रमं ब्रह्म तत्सदिति वा श्रुतं भजे ॥ १४ ॥amba yadbhavati tattdātmanā svairitāmajahadadvayodayam |
tāvakaṃ padamapākṛtakramaṃ brahma tatsaditi vā śrutaṃ bhaje || 14 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Sat, Cit and Ānanda—(Truth, Knowledge and Bliss)]
The Siddhā then resorts to the abode—Sat, Cit and Ānanda of Ambikā where she shines as the united form of word and meaning, name and form in the unlimited variety of diverse creations. [1]
The Unique state of Sat (Truth), Cit (Knowledge) and Ānanda (Bliss)
Svātantrya Śakti of Īśvara, which remained as unique without a dual, prior to the process of manifestation, becomes the core of all sentient and non-sentient beings at the time of the manifestation of universe. The state of Sat, can be attained through the knowledge of the Ultimate by discarding the process of manifestation in the form of the names and forms. This experience brings in the Sādhaka, the state of Bliss. In the Cidākāsa of that Sādhaka, who thus discards the path of manifestation through the reverse journey, shines Sat, the Ultimate Truth[2]. That is the abode to be aspired by a true Sādhaka.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Divyacakorikā] p 35-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 14.—
vyāpakavidyā'vidyābhuvanātmanā brahmasvarūpavarṇanam.
[2] [Kramaprakāśikā] p 9-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-14.—
sadeva saumyedamagra āsīdekamevādvitīyam, tadaikṣata bahusyāṃ prajāyaye, tadidaṃ sarvamasṛjata, yadidaṃ kiñca, tatsaṃtyasa ātmā, tattvamasi śvetekato |