Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 156 [Oneness of Shiva and Shakti is Pralaya; Dvaitarupa is Sarga], 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 156 [Oneness of Śiva and Śakti is Pralaya; Dvaitarūpa is Sarga]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 156:
जागरामुखचतुःपदाऽद्वयोन्मेषसंस्फुरितमातृलक्षणा ।
निर्द्वयाद्वयगतिर्महाखगे द्राक् तवाम्ब पतिसिद्धमण्डली ॥ १५६ ॥jāgarāmukhacatuḥpadā'dvayonmeṣasaṃsphuritamātṛlakṣaṇā |
nirdvayādvayagatirmahākhage drāk tavāmba patisiddhamaṇḍalī || 156 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Oneness of Śiva and Śakti is Pralaya; Dvaitarūpa is Sarga]
When Śiva (Śaktimat) and Śakti are in union, it is Pralaya where there is complete deluge. When Śiva and Śakti unite for the purpose of creation then it is their revelation as dual entity[1]. Due to this arise the Mātṛbhāva (jñāna). Then the four mental States of Jāgrat, Svapna, Suṣupti and Turīya (avasthās) are experienced.
To the Siddhamaṇḍala the duality of Śakti and Śiva is revealed in the form of Mātā in the Savikalpakasamādhi state in Jagrat-Svapnāvasthās. In the state of Nirvikalpaka samādhi she at once reveals the abode Cidgagana, where Śiva and Śakti are united.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 90 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-156.—
siddhatvamāptā jīvā teṣāṃ pralaye'dvayarūpe śivaśaktidvaitarahite tayoḥ sāmarasyāpanne svarūpe layaḥ | sarge tu advayasya rūpasya prāguktadvaitātmanonmeṣe jāyamāne prāgbhavīyamātṛ samārādhanasamupārjitasukṛ taprabhāveṇa mātṛlakṣaṇa prāptāstattadadhikārān bibhrate | teṣāṃ ca jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiturīyāvasthābhedena catasro'vasthā bhavanti |