Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 107 [Gocari as cause of Samharakrama], 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 107 [Gocarī as cause of Saṃhārakrama]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 107:
प्रत्यगर्पितमुखी भिदाक्षयादैकरस्यमघिरोपितं त्रिधा ।
स्वं क्रमं ग्रससि सैव चेदसौ गोचरी खलु महाम्बरान्तगा ॥ १०७ ॥pratyagarpitamukhī bhidākṣayādaikarasyamaghiropitaṃ tridhā |
svaṃ kramaṃ grasasi saiva cedasau gocarī khalu mahāmbarāntagā || 107 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Gocarī as cause of Saṃhārakrama]
Dikcarī who is heading towards her abode Citrūpa Śiva, reversing from creation, gets her union in Śiva relinquishing her three differences in manifestation namely,
Then she withdraws her own Saṃhārakrama, and transcends even the Cidgagana to reach the Mahākāśa. She is named as Gocarī at this stage.