Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 257 [Prakasha-Vimarsha couple cause Nama-rupa in manifestation], 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 257 [Prakāśa-Vimarśa couple cause Nama-rūpā in manifestation]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 257:
तत्र पद्मरुचिवेद्यमण्डले स्वादुनि प्रकटमेयिवान् लयम् ।
माययाऽम्ब पुरुषो निमीलितः त्वद्धियोन्मिषति विद्ययावृतः ॥ २५७ ॥tatra padmarucivedyamaṇḍale svāduni prakaṭameyivān layam |
māyayā'mba puruṣo nimīlitaḥ tvaddhiyonmiṣati vidyayāvṛtaḥ || 257 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Prakāśa-Vimarśa couple cause Nama-rūpā in manifestation]
Treasure of Nectar, which is the Arthapañcaka [Pañcārtha?] in Saṃsāra, has its claybase in the Form of Kāliśakti, which holds those, who are immersed in the ocean of Saṃsāra. Kāli[1] is in the form of the Thirty-six tattvas starting from Śakti to Pṛthvi, which is the display of Samvit, with names and forms in Jagat. Citrūpā is called as the nectar in the form of Arthapañcaka.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p 176 -[Cidgaganacandrikā] 257.—
prameyasya svādutvamapi śāstrasamarthitameva | taduktaṃ paramārthasāre—“rajjvāṃ nāsti bhujaṅgastrāsaṃ kurute ca mṛtyuparyantam | bhrāntermahatī śaktirna vivaṃktu śakyate nāma || 28 ||”