Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 146 [Pancashaktis dwell in Shaktitattva in causal form], 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 146 [Pañcaśaktis dwell in Śaktitattva in causal form]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 146:
पञ्चधा प्रभृतवैभवं शिवे चक्रमेतदिह गोचरीकृतम् ।
विश्वभक्षनिरुपाख्यचिन्मयात् त्वत्पदाद् गलति नैव जातुचित् ॥ १४६ ॥pañcadhā prabhṛtavaibhavaṃ śive cakrametadiha gocarīkṛtam |
viśvabhakṣanirupākhyacinmayāt tvatpadād galati naiva jātucit || 146 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Pañcaśaktis dwell in Śaktitattva in causal form]
The five Śaktis (Vyomavāmeśvarī, Khecarī, Bhūcarī, Dikcarī and Gocarī)[1] which cause the festivity of manifestation in Sṛṣṭi, are never seperated from Śaktitattva of Citśakti. She is in union with Śiva, beyond perception of speech or mind, either in Nirvikalpaka-samādhi or Savikalpaka-samādhi.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 85 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-146.—
vyutthāne prabodhe savikalpasamādhau yadambareśvarīprabhṛtigocarīparyantaṃ pañcadhā cakramiha prāgupavarṇitam, tannirvikalpe samādhau nidrāyāṃ pralaye vā śivasāmarasyāpannāt saṃhṛtavṛttitadviṣayagrāmāt śaktittvānna pṛthag bhavati | kintu savikalpe vyutthāne nirvikalpe ca nidrāyāṃ pravodhe ca sarge pralaye ca svarūpeṇa kāraṇātmanā ca śaktitattve sthitameva sadā bhavatīti ||