Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 163 [Shivashakti’s Avabhasanakrama], 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 163 [Śivaśakti’s Avabhāsanakrama]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 163:
निर्निकेतमहिमा निराकृतिस्तावकोऽयमवभासनक्रमः ।
स्वस्थशक्तिविसरत्समाहितो यत्र शक्तिनिवहोऽम्ब जृम्भते ॥ १६३ ॥nirniketamahimā nirākṛtistāvako'yamavabhāsanakramaḥ |
svasthaśaktivisaratsamāhito yatra śaktinivaho'mba jṛmbhate || 163 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Śivaśakti’s Avabhāsanakrama]
Citirūpa, Śivaśakti’s experience of the Śṛṣṭi etc., is Avabhāsana-krama[1]. It is the abodeless, formless aggregate state. From this state Śakti spreads her power in the various objects with different phases of movement and respective rulers for their effective control.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 94 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-163.—
citirūpāyāḥ śivaśektaravabhāsanakramaḥ sarvādhāratvena svayaṃ niradhiṣṭhāno bhūmarūpaśca | rūpādirahitatvācca nirāृkatiḥ | kiñca, śivaśaktervyāpakatvād viṣayeṣvapi sā śaktirasti, tathā ca viṣayāṇāṃ jaḍānāmapi vividhā gatayaḥ | tādṛśagatimadbhiśca viṣayairavabhāsanakrame tattatkāryānukūlaḥ śaktinivahaḥ samutpādyamāno jṛmbhata iti ||