Verse 254-256 [Śakti as Nādarūpā]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 254-256:

ये विदन्ति तव रूपमीदृशं ये च नित्यकृततल्लयोद्यमाः ।
एष तान् प्रति भवन् सुधामयो येऽन्यथा विषमयश्च तान् प्रति ॥ २५४ ॥
यः प्रमज्जयति मूढचेतसं तारयत्यपि स एष धीमतः ।
येन तद्भवसुधाम्बुधिः शिवे यज्जुषां वहति निस्तरङ्गताम् ॥ २५५ ॥
अर्थपञ्चकसुधाप्रपूरिते यद्भवामृतनिधौ सुखप्लवे ।
पद्यतां वहसि संविदिन्दिरा धामवस्तु तदुमे वपुस्तव ॥ २५६ ॥

ye vidanti tava rūpamīdṛśaṃ ye ca nityakṛtatallayodyamāḥ |
eṣa tān prati bhavan sudhāmayo ye'nyathā viṣamayaśca tān prati || 254 ||
yaḥ pramajjayati mūḍhacetasaṃ tārayatyapi sa eṣa dhīmataḥ |
yena tadbhavasudhāmbudhiḥ śive yajjuṣāṃ vahati nistaraṅgatām || 255 ||
arthapañcakasudhāprapūrite yadbhavāmṛtanidhau sukhaplave |
padyatāṃ vahasi saṃvidindirā dhāmavastu tadume vapustava || 256 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Śakti as Nādarūpā]

In the three states of Sṛṣṭi, Sthiti and Saṃhāra that arise from the womb of Śakti, where Vikalpa is absent, Śakti remains as Nāda^[1] only. Then she always being one with him in the Dhvani rūpa, veils Śaṅkara and emits in each and every living being that inner Nāda, when she emancipates.

Viśvottīrṇaśakti realised as Caitanyarūpā

Cidgaganacandrikā is the betower of Nectar for those sādhakas, who understand Śakti’s aforesaid form and for those, who are making efforts to know such form. Those, who follow the path of external worship find, this as poisonous. Only valour can achieve retreading the path of creation and bring about the real identity of soul and Absolute^[2]. The destruction of ignorance through Śuddhavidyā^[3] is obtained only then. Caitanyarūpā Citśakti is opposed to Jadaśakti, which is the projection of her Māyāśakti subjected to limitations^[4]. The entire manifestation is pervaded by Paratattva Citśakti and she is also the Substratum of the manifestation. Jīva has to aim for acheivement of the Caitanya level of awareness. Śakti is the final abode of all the elements in manifestation and hence she is Viśvottīrṇa.

Cidgaganacandrikā drowns the Ignorant sādhaka and uplifts the Intelligent ones

[Cidgaganacandrikā] leads the sādhakas to the liberated state (Citrūpaprāpti), who with their Buddhi indulge in Sattarka and discard the various attractions posed by Māyāśakti, in order to get the Caitanya level of awareness. Parāhanta, Vimarśa bestows on them the revelation of the peaceful state (Śānta). The grace of Svatantra-Anugraha Śakti is boundless to them. [Cidgaganacandrikā] immerses the bewildered minds completely into the cycle of birth and death.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p173 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 254.—

śaktipūjābahirmukhānāṃ sarvaṃ duḥkhāntameva |
taduktam - “nāyamātmā balahīnena labhyaḥ” (muṇḍaka. 3|4) iti ||

[2] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 173 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 254.—

ataeva śivādabhinnāṃ śaktiṃ manyamānaḥ “balavikaraṇāya namo balāya namo balapramathanāya namaḥ” ityetaiḥ śaktimeva balasvarūpāṃ bahu manyate |

[3] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 171 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 250.—

vidyā brahmaprāptirūpā śaktireva |
taduktaṃ śvetāśvatare—“dve akṣare brahmapare'nante vidyā'vidye nihite yatra gūḍhe |
kṣaṃratvavidyā hyamṛtaṃ tu vidyā vidyā'vidye īśate yastu so'nyaḥ ||

[4] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 175 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 256.CXCV.—

tad uktavigrahārthaniṣpannapadyatāsthaulyakāṭhinyopahitādhārabhūmitvaṃ tava kālīśektaḥ, dhāmavai vastu pāramārthiṃka tattvam, “gṛhadehatviṭprabhāvā dhāmāni” ityamarāddhāmaśabdasya prakāśātmakatvaṃ tadeva śarīram ||