Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 124 [Vrinda-krama and Mudrapancaka], 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 124 [Vṛnda-krama and Mudrāpañcaka]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 124:
मुद्रितस्वकृततत्त्वमण्डला जृम्भसे स्वजठरे सदोदिता ।
वृन्दचक्रगतपञ्चभेदगा त्वं शिवे दिशसि योगजां श्रियम् ॥ १२४ ॥mudritasvakṛtatattvamaṇḍalā jṛmbhase svajaṭhare sadoditā |
vṛndacakragatapañcabhedagā tvaṃ śive diśasi yogajāṃ śriyam || 124 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Vṛnda-krama and Mudrāpañcaka—Pañcamudrā]
Śakti in Nirvikalpaka-samādhi holds the Thirty-six elements in the form of impression in her womb. There she always revels in her experience of the manifestation. In Savikalpaka-samādhi she acts in the Vṛndacakra, which represents the constituents of the subtle body (sūkṣmaśarīra) in the form of syllables. According to Krama, there are Sixty-four siddhas.
They are classified into Five types of siddhas—
- Jñānasiddha (sixteen vowels),
- Mantrasiddha (24 consonants—ka-bha),
- Melāphasiddha (12 neuters),
- Śāktasiddha (8 from ya-ha),
- Śāmbhavasiddha (4 akāra-kalārūpas—Bindu, Ardhacandra, Nirodha and Nāda).
[Cf. Kalatattvakosa p. 306]
Śakti stationed [in the following five forms of Mudraśaktis helps these siddhas attain their suitable enlightenment][1]—
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Mahārthamañjarī-parimala].—
prakaṭitapañcaskande catuśśatirbhavanti vṛndacekra |
Cf. TL.—
saṃvṛtkramamimaṃ deva! śruṇu vakṣayāmi saṃdura |
sṛṣṭi sthiti ca saṃhārānākhyabhāsasvarūpakam ||
jñānaṃ mantraṃ ca melāpaṃ śāṃkta śāmbhava saṃyutam | -
śrīkramasiddhi karaṃgiṇī krodhinī ca bhairavī lelihānikā |
khecarīceti mudrāyāḥ pañcātmakatayāsthitiḥ |
Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 74-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-124.—
karaṃgiṇyā krodhanyā bhairavyā lelihanāyā |
khecaryā dṛṣṭikāle ca paravyāptiḥ prakāśate ||
śrīvijñānabhaṭṭārakaḥ |