Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 195 [Bimba and Pratibimba], 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 195 [Bimba and Pratibimba]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 195:
वारिवह्निमुकुरादिषु स्फुटा स्वच्छवस्तुषु कुमारि बिम्बता ।
मन्त्रिता सह परिच्छदेन यत् तेन बिम्बमनवेक्षितं तव ॥ १९५ ॥vārivahnimukurādiṣu sphuṭā svacchavastuṣu kumāri bimbatā |
mantritā saha paricchadena yat tena bimbamanavekṣitaṃ tava || 195 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[External projection as Jagat is Bimba; it’s mental contemplation is Pratibimba]
Jagat, that is projected by Māyā, as being outside Śiva, is assumed as Bimba and its reflection is Mānasa. Both these are illumined by Vimarśa in whom both these projections take place[1].
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 130 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 195.—
pratibimbaṃ ca bimbena bāhyasthena samarpyate |
tasyaiva pratibimbatve kiṃ bimbamavaśiṣyatām ||
matta evoditamidaṃ mayyeva pratibimbitam |
madabhinnaṃ jagacceti tridhopāyastu śāmbhavaḥ ||