Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 83 [Adya Vimarsha Shakti is Kshetrapala], 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 83 [Ādyā Vimarśa Śakti is Kṣetrapāla]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 83:
विश्वसंहरणलीलयोत्कटं व्योम्नि शश्वदुदितं निराश्रये ।
क्षेत्रपालमनुपाधिकोल्लसत् त्वद्विमर्शमभिनन्दतीश्वरे ॥ ८३ ॥viśvasaṃharaṇalīlayotkaṭaṃ vyomni śaśvaduditaṃ nirāśraye |
kṣetrapālamanupādhikollasat tvadvimarśamabhinandatīśvare || 83 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Ādyā Vimarśa Śakti is Kṣetrapāla]
Parā is beyond the knowledge level where the knowledge, knower and known culminate into oneness. Parā which is Kṣetrapāla- Ātmā takes three further forms (Paśyantī, Madhyamā and Vaikharī) constituting the base for emanation. Parā who causes resonance in the Anāhata region is Paśyantī. Her form of Madhyamā with descriminating Buddhi and everactive Manas creates and maintains the universe, as the Jagat-cālaka, The Varṇa s consisting of sixty-four letters in conjunction in different forms becomes Vaikharī which completes the creation. In deluge the process gets reversed from Vaikharī to Parā. At the Nirvikalpakasamādhi state where there is no activity, then she is called Anākhya, who bestows the union of Kṣetrapāla[1] (Sādhaka’s Ātmā) with Śiva.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Mahānayaprakāśa] IV Udaya shloka 4.—
“kṣetraṃ tasya pālako'dhiṣṭhātā ātmā” |
Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 51-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-83.—
“idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate |
etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥkṣetrajña iti dadvidaḥ” ||
gītā 13|1 iti) kṣetrapāla ātmā |tasya ca paśyantīmadhyamā-vaikharīrūpāstisro bhūmikāḥ, parāṃ vācamādāya tu catasraḥ| sa ca kṣetrapālarūpa ātmā turīyavāgrūpaḥ | sa cānāhatanādanadanāt paśyantīrūpaḥ | vikalpa kallolitatvānmānasavyāpāreṇa jagatkalayan cālayatīti jagaccālako madhyamārūpaḥ| catuṣṣaṣṭisaṃkhyānāṃ varṇānāṃ vikharākṣa rāṇāṃ prayoktā vaikharīrūpa iti| turīyaparāvāgrūpastu vedyavargaglapana sthānamiti | sa cātmā sargonmukhaḥ paśyantyādikrameṇa vaikharīrūpatāṃ pratipadyeta| saṃhāronmukhaśca vaikharyādikramaṇe sarvavedyavargaglapanasthānaparāvāgrūpatāmāpadyate |