Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 127 [Sixty-four Varna Shakti in Srishti and Samhara], 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 127 [Sixty-four Varṇa Śakti in Sṛṣṭi and Saṃhāra]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 127:
आदिहान्तनिजदेहनिर्गताः षष्टिरत्र चतुरुत्तरा रुचः ।
खेचरीजठरनिष्ठितास्त्वया मङ्गले परमभेदतः कृताः ॥ १२७ ॥ādihāntanijadehanirgatāḥ ṣaṣṭiratra caturuttarā rucaḥ |
khecarījaṭharaniṣṭhitāstvayā maṅgale paramabhedataḥ kṛtāḥ || 127 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Sixty-four Varṇa Śakti in Sṛṣṭi and Saṃhāra]
Maṅgalā Śakti in her Sūkṣma form governs the forty-nine syllables (16 vowels and 33 consonants). She expands as sixty-four[1] rays while assuming the Sthūla form in Sṛṣṭi. She again deposits them in the womb of Khecarī Śakti at the time of involution.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 76-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-127.—
akārādihakārāntonapañcādaśadavarṇasamudāyarūpo sūkṣamaśarīram tannirgatā sthūlāḥ śrotragrāhyāścaturuttarāḥ ṣaṣṭirvaṇālayāvasare tvayā khecarī śaktijaṭhare samāptiṃ prāpitāḥ abhedena viśiṣṭāḥ kṛtāḥ |