Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 130 [Citishakti is one with retinue of countless Shaktis], 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 130 [Citiśakti is one with retinue of countless Śaktis]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 130:
सर्वदैव सकृदास्थितोदयाः सर्वतः क्षपितकल्पनाभिदाः ।
इत्थमेकवपुषा त्वया निजाः स्फारिता महति लक्ष्मचित्त्विषः ॥ १३० ॥sarvadaiva sakṛdāsthitodayāḥ sarvataḥ kṣapitakalpanābhidāḥ |
itthamekavapuṣā tvayā nijāḥ sphāritā mahati lakṣmacittviṣaḥ || 130 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Citiśakti is one with retinue of countless Śaktis]
The retinue of Śaktis[1] with eternal luminance of Citiśakti as Mahat, residing in the Cidgagana, keep on spreading their effects in manifestation in the sṛṣṭi and Sthiti and spontaneously engage in maintaining the varieties everywhere in manifest universe.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p77-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-130.—
mahati cidgagane citsāmarasyāpannā citiśaktirekaiva tasyā lakṣaṇabhūtāścittviṣaściddī dhitayastu anantāḥ | tāśca sadaiva uditāḥ, madhye lopābhāvācca sṛkadevoditāśca | tāsuca sva prakāśāsu sahajena svarūpeṇāvasthitāsu jagatkalpanābhedā vinivartante |