Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 133 [Savikalpaka Vimarsha is Samvitkramarupa], 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 133 [Savikalpaka Vimarśa is Samvitkramarūpa]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 133:
ईदृगेतदिति तत्प्रथास्थितेर्यो विमर्श उदितोऽन्तरक्षतः ।
मन्त्र एष तव वृन्दचक्रगो यन्मुखी भवति तावकी क्रिया ॥ १३३ ॥īdṛgetaditi tatprathāsthiteryo vimarśa udito'ntarakṣataḥ |
mantra eṣa tava vṛndacakrago yanmukhī bhavati tāvakī kriyā || 133 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Savikalpaka Vimarśa is Samvitkramarūpa]
Vimarśa attained at the Savikalpaka state[1] as regards the objects and such as ‘this being in this form and name’ at the cosmic mental level, forms the Samvitkramarūpa. She enters the Vṛndakrama and now contemplated in forms and names, she is also Mantrarūpa. Śakti’s activity of creation of the Universe proceeds through this path only.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 78-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-133.—
pūrvamīdṛgataditi vastuviṣayako mānasaḥ savikalpako vimarśo jāyate,yaḥ prāṅ māturartha vidhṛtatanutvena nirūpitaḥ | sa ca saṃvidrūpatvāt saṃvitkramarūpo vṛndacakragaḥ, śabdānuviddhatvācca mantrarūpaḥ | taṃ vimarśaṃ dvārīkṛ tyaiva māturjagatsargarūpā kriyā|