Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 123 [Khecari attains Shambhupada through Sushumna-nadi], 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 123 [Khecarī attains Śambhupada through Suṣumnā-nāḍi]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 123:
वह्निसूर्यशशिधामघस्मरी कुण्डली तडिदिवोत्पतन्त्यसौ ।
शाम्भवं जननि बिन्दुमध्वना मध्यमेन च गतासि खेचरी ॥ १२३ ॥vahnisūryaśaśidhāmaghasmarī kuṇḍalī taḍidivotpatantyasau |
śāmbhavaṃ janani bindumadhvanā madhyamena ca gatāsi khecarī || 123 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Khecarī attains Śambhupada through Suṣumnā-nāḍi]
Kuṇḍalinī Śakti which shines in three stages as Vahni, Sūrya and Soma Kuṇḍalinī, rises like lightning through the Suṣumnānāḍi which is central to Iḍā and Piṅgala. This is likened to the stem of lotus which leads to the Śāmbhava state (brahmarūpa) in the unveiled Cidgagana. Khecarī takes this path[1].
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p73-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-123.
madhyamenādhvanā śāmbhavaṃ binduṃgatā khecarī asīti | madhyamenādhvanā suṣumṇānāḍīrūpaṇe bisatantunibhena śāmbhavaṃ bindum anāvaraṇacidgaganagataṃ binduṃbrahmarūpaṃ gatā, asi |