Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 167 [Cidrupa Laya], 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 167 [Cidrupa Laya]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 167:
ग्राह्यतद्ग्रहविधातृसंभ्रमो नादयुग्म इह विश्रमोन्मुखः ।
रुद्रसंख्य इममत्तुमीहते तावके तव मरीचिरम्बिके ॥ १६७ ॥grāhyatadgrahavidhātṛsaṃbhramo nādayugma iha viśramonmukhaḥ |
rudrasaṃkhya imamattumīhate tāvake tava marīcirambike || 167 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[cidrupe layaḥ khaṇḍacakra krameṇaiva]
Śabda and Artha are the two forms of Sound and Sense (Dhvaniātmaka and Padātmaka) (Nādayugma—vyañjaka and vyaṅgya). They are essence of the entire manifestation simultaneously being the efficient and material causes. The retinue of sakti represented by the eleven khaṇḍacakra-varṇarūpa emanate from Citiśakti desiring to consume the Nādayugma. When they aspire for salvation into their source i.e. Citiśakti then they have to do so only through the Saṃhṛti krama of Khaṇḍacakra.[1]
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 96 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-167.—
iha śrāvaṇapratyakṣagocarībhūtau dvau śabdau dhvanyātmakaḥ padātmakasaśca | tatrādyo vyañjakaḥ, dvitīyastu vyaṅgyaḥ | taduktaṃ hariṇā- dvāvupādānaśabdeṣu śabdau śabdavido viduḥ | eko nimittaṃ śabdānāmaparor'ेthaprayujyate || iti | sa ca yadā saṃhārakāle cidrūpe śivaśakti sāmaresyaviśramonmukho bhavati, tadā khaṇḍacakrakrameṇaiva tatra tallayo na tu sākṣāditi ||