Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 221 [Kali’s Ultimate form is beyond imagination], 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 221 [Kāli’s Ultimate form is beyond imagination]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 221:
यत्कुलं त्रिविधमम्ब तद्भवो यः प्रकाश उपलक्ष्यते महान् ।
तत्र यो निखिलकल्पितोऽर्णवस्त्वं यदूर्मिरसि कृत्यलालसा ॥ २२१ ॥yatkulaṃ trividhamamba tadbhavo yaḥ prakāśa upalakṣyate mahān |
tatra yo nikhilakalpito'rṇavastvaṃ yadūrmirasi kṛtyalālasā || 221 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Kāli’s Ultimate form is beyond imagination]
Sūrya, who has twelve forms, is the controller of Time and hence Kāla. Even Sūrya finds abode in Kāli, who is the highest step that takes sādhakas to the ultimate abode of Śiva. Those who know her as one with Śiva[1] will find no words to explain that experience.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Tantrāloka]29 Ahnika-[Kramaprakāśikā] p149 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 221.—
tatra kulaśabdasyāneke 'rthāḥ prakaṭīkṛ tāḥ |
tadyathā- kulaṃ ca parameśasya śaktiḥ sāmarthyamūrdhvatā |
svātantryamojo vīryaṃ ca piṇḍaḥ saṃviccharīrakam ||