Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 140 [Shatcakra Manasa Sthiti], 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 140 [Ṣaṭcakra Mānasa Sthiti]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 140:
पञ्चचक्रतनुरेष जृम्भते निर्विकल्पशिवबोधसत्फलः ।
पञ्चसु क्रममहीरुहः शिवे त्वन्मरीचिषु निरस्तवैभवम् ॥ १४० ॥pañcacakratanureṣa jṛmbhate nirvikalpaśivabodhasatphalaḥ |
pañcasu kramamahīruhaḥ śive tvanmarīciṣu nirastavaibhavam || 140 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
There are six cakras in the body of every human being. Śakti in the form Buddhi guiding its activities, throws her strands of light in the form of knowledge through the first five cakras in the mental state of Savikalpaka samādhi. She projects the proposed creation like a dream in Manas at this state. This progressive ascend of the five cakras—Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhana, Maṇipūraka, Anāhata and Viśuddhī, paves the way for attainment of knowledge of identity of Śiva with Self, at the mental state[1] of Nirvikalpaka samādhi in the Sixth—Ājñācakra. In Nirvikalpakasamādhi the entire activity vanishes into the luminance of Śiva.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p82-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-140.—
āgamaśāstre ṣaṭ cakrāṇi prasiddhāni | tāni ca mūlādhāra- svādhiṣṭhāna-maṇipūra-anāhata-viśuddhi-ājñārūpāṇi | tatra pañcasu cekraṣu krameṇa manasaḥ sthitau savikalpaḥ samādhiḥ| tatra bāhyavaibhavarahito'pi jagatsargo'ntareva nirastavaibhavaḥ sūkṣamābhiḥ pañcendriyavṛttibhiḥ svapne iva gṛhyamāṇaḥ samudyotate| ṣaṣṭhe cekra tu manasaḥsthitau nirvikalpaḥ samādhiḥ|