Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 159 [Shakti In Shuddhadhva], 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 159 [Śakti In Śuddhādhva]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 159:
प्रातिभः प्रथम उद्यमोऽम्ब यश्चित्रविश्वरचनादरोऽद्वयः ।
कूर्मवृत्तिमनुकृत्य कूर्मतां यात्यसौ तव निवेशितः पथि ॥ १५९ ॥prātibhaḥ prathama udyamo'mba yaścitraviśvaracanādaro'dvayaḥ |
kūrmavṛttimanukṛtya kūrmatāṃ yātyasau tava niveśitaḥ pathi || 159 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Śakti In Śuddhādhva]
The first effort of Śakti towards creation as the Prathamaspanda, in the form of Icchāśakti, is the determination of her to project the manifestation in its multitude form. Then she shys away in the Śuddhādhva[1] state, where there is oneness of Śiva and Śakti. This is because, she feels, Śiva is the Doer in this state.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 92 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-159.—
śakterjagatsargasaṃkalpasya prathamaṃ kāryamicchaiva | tayaiva ca viyadādikrameṇa vicitro jagatsargaḥ | sā cecchā śuddhādhvani niveśitā saṃkocamañcati, “śuddhe'dhvani śivaḥ kartā”iti śivasyavai tatra kartṛtvasmaraṇāt | evaṃ cecchāyā na śuddhādhvani kartṛtvam | ayameva ca śektarādyaspandarūpāyā icchāyāḥ saṃkoca iti |