Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 258-259 [Shuddhavidya liberates Shiva from limitations imposed by Mayashakti], 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 258-259 [Śuddhavidyā liberates Śiva from limitations imposed by Māyāśakti]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 258-259:
तत्तदर्थदलशोभितं जहन्निद्रमुल्लसितमम्ब वारिजम् ।
त्वद्विमर्शमकरन्दनिर्भरं पीठतां व्रजति यत्र चिन्मयम् ॥ २५८ ॥
त्वं मलत्रयविलापिनी शिवे पूर्णपीठमहमात्मकं श्रिता ।
शुद्धभानुतनुरद्वयप्रथानन्दसाररसवाहिनी सताम् ॥ २५९ ॥tattadarthadalaśobhitaṃ jahannidramullasitamamba vārijam |
tvadvimarśamakarandanirbharaṃ pīṭhatāṃ vrajati yatra cinmayam || 258 ||
tvaṃ malatrayavilāpinī śive pūrṇapīṭhamahamātmakaṃ śritā |
śuddhabhānutanuradvayaprathānandasārarasavāhinī satām || 259 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Śuddhavidyā liberates Śiva from limitations imposed by Māyāśakti]
The objects of Cognition are compared to the honey of Lotus, because of their power of attraction and the lotus being the abode of Viṣṇu and Lakṣmi and also birth place of Brahma the initiator of the Jagat. When sādhaka feels perfection in Bhoga and desires to attain Mokṣa, Māyāśakti[1], creates an illusion of Omnipotency in him, in the form of Aśuddhavidyā (Ātmabhāva in Anātmavastu). This is compared to the closure of Eyes. Buddhi form of Vimarśa, which is Śuddhavidyā, is the eyeopener of them, who are engrossed in Aśuddha vidyā.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p 177 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 259.—
śivasya bhāskararūpatvam, tadabhinnavimarśasya marīcirūpatvam, tena ca prameyajagato'vabhāsanaṃ cidvilāsastave'mṛtānandayogibhiḥ smaryeta- svaprakāśaśiva eva bhāskarastadvimarśavibhavā marīcayaḥ | yaiḥ sa bhāsayati vedyamaṇḍalaṃ tasya pūjanamahantayā matiḥ || iti ||