Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 165 [Khandacakra Vivarana Samhritikrama], 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 165 [Khaṇḍacakra Vivarana Saṃhṛtikrama]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 165:
निश्चितग्रहनिदेशवर्जितो युक्त्ययुक्त्यतिगतोऽक्रमः परः ।
सत्पथोदितखधामगः शिवे खण्डचक्रविसरस्तवोत्कटः ॥ १६५ ॥niścitagrahanideśavarjito yuktyayuktyatigato'kramaḥ paraḥ |
satpathoditakhadhāmagaḥ śive khaṇḍacakravisarastavotkaṭaḥ || 165 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Khaṇḍacakra vivaranam-saṃhṛtikramena]
Khaṇḍacakra of Saṃhṛtikrama is enormous as it involves the tracing back of the path of manifestation. The knowledge of objects as “this is like this” which is attained through the Khaṇḍacakra is excluded in the Akrama as there is abscence of the specification. The means of knowledge Anumāna or Śabda (Varṇamātṛka)[1] are transcended as there is no form at the Laya stage. In the state of samādhi it is realised as Self-experience. Hence Akrama is the highest abode viz., Cidgagana.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 95-96 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-165.—
tava saṃhṛtikrameṇa khaṇḍacakravisaraḥ khaṇḍacakrasya saṃhāronmukhatvādeva bhīṣaṇaḥ khaṇḍacakrajñānasya nideśa idamīdṛgiti nirdeśena varjito'kramatvād grahanirdeśaśūnyaḥ yuktiranumānam, ayuktiḥ śabdaḥ (varṇamātṛkā) te dve api atikrāntaḥ laye sati avyaktatvāt | kintu samādhau svānubhavaikavedyaḥ ataevākramaḥ kramaśūnyaḥ paraśive cidrūpe layāttadrūpatāṃ prāptaḥ|