Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 205 [Deities in charge of various territories], 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 205 [Deities in charge of various territories]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 205:
देशकालमवभासि यादृशं यत्तयाऽनुभवितुर्विभेदिनः ।
तत्तया सकलमीक्ष्यते स्मृतौ मत्कृतस्मृतिमवेक्षते क्षणम् ॥ २०५ ॥deśakālamavabhāsi yādṛśaṃ yattayā'nubhaviturvibhedinaḥ |
tattayā sakalamīkṣyate smṛtau matkṛtasmṛtimavekṣate kṣaṇam || 205 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Deities—In charge of various territories have Cidākāśa as their abode]
Agni, Sūrya, Candra, Lightning, Brilliance and Devas, Gandharvas, Yakṣas,etc., (those who move in Ākāśa), Śaktis who reside in the hṛdaya, the predators of living beings, Powerful Śaktis, all these are capable of moving about inside and outside the Cidākāśa. Though they reside in their territories, still they are as whole taken to be residing in the Cidākāśa.[1] Śiva and Jīva both have the function of sense and action. Śiva of his own “will” takes the Aṇu form of Jīva (Cinmātrarūpā and Māyānirmitarūpā).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Īśvarapratyabhijñā] 1/1/13-[Kramaprakāśikā] p138 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 205.—
29. “athānubhavavidhvaṃse smṛtistadavarodhinī” (iti) ||