Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

Cidgaganacandrika 161 [Mind’s activities aim to attain the Ultimate abode], 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 161 [Mind’s activities aim to attain the Ultimate abode]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 161:

छन्दतो मम निराश्रये पदे मुक्तबाह्यपदसिद्धिकल्पनाः ।
संविदो वसत यूयमित्यमूः शास्त्यसौ तव निरर्गलः शिवे ॥ १६१ ॥

chandato mama nirāśraye pade muktabāhyapadasiddhikalpanāḥ |
saṃvido vasata yūyamityamūḥ śāstyasau tava nirargalaḥ śive || 161 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Mind’s activities aim to attain the Ultimate abode]

The mind as mentioned above, is purified of the three malasĀṇava, Māyīya, Kārmaṇa and the Cidābhāsa activities guided by the grace of Śakti transcend[1] beyond the desire of acquiring the eight Siddhis (Brāhmyādi) to the Nirāsraya pada, the abodeless Cidgagana.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p93-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-161.—

saṃskṛtaṃ manoyatprāṅ meṣatvena nirūpitaṃ tanna nirāśrayapadād bāhyāni padāni brāhmyādīni siddhiśca nānāvidhā yogaśāstropadarśitā abhilaṣyatinaca tasya vṛttayastāni gocīrakurvanti kintu tebhyo virajya māturnirāśrayaṃ padameva gocarīkurvantīti ||

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