Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

Cidgaganacandrika 260 [Human body is Shakti’s], 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 260 [Human body is Śakti’s]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 260:

सत्सुधाब्धिरसभृत् कलान्तरी गर्भषोडशकलाब्जविष्टरम् ।
प्रेतमुज्झितगमागमं शिवे स्मेरभूः सरसिजं त्वमाश्रिता ॥ २६० ॥

satsudhābdhirasabhṛt kalāntarī garbhaṣoḍaśakalābjaviṣṭaram |
pretamujjhitagamāgamaṃ śive smerabhūḥ sarasijaṃ tvamāśritā || 260 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

Human body is Śakti’s throne and the Jagat is Cinmayapīṭha

The universe is the pedestal of Śakti, which is the lotus with honey and filaments in the form of the Arthas, blooming with effect of Vimarśa. This is her grace for the upliftment of living beings. The Human body is the pedestal of Samvit and the universe is the pedestal of Cinmayarūpa Śakti. Śakti is enthroned in Śricakra form, in the Human body, which consists of Bhāvanācakra (Kāmarūpa, Pūrṇagiri, Jālandhara and Oddiyāna pīṭhas; Buddhi, Ahaṅkāra, Manas and Śakti; Para, Itara, Bāṇa and Svayambhu liṅgas; Cakra, Pīṭha, Liṅga and Mudrā) Thus, in her divine form of Cidānandagaṇa viśvarūpā and the impirical seat of names and forms, Śakti grants both Mokṣa and Bhoga.

Śakti shines as Prakāśa-Ānanda with Śiva as her body

Śakti removes the three impurities (Āṇava, Mayīya and Kārmaṇa malas). She resides in the Pūrṇapīṭha called “aham”, which is the resting place of Prakāśa, which is the florescense of Vācya-Vācakā; the blissful state of the entire universal being; the desireless state; a perfect blissful self; Pratyāhāra rule starting from penultimate a-kāra upto ha-kāra, forming aham with Anusvāra bindu. This, again, merges into Śiva, who is a-kāra. Sādhakas, who worship this “aham”-Pūrṇapīṭha, which is the union of Prakāśa[1] Śiva as Śarīra and Ānanda Śakti as Śarīri, are followers of Kramadarśana.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p 178 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 260.—

kamalāsanasthā tvaṃ garbhe'ntaḥ svarūpe yaḥ ṣoḍaśakalaḥ puruṣaḥ śivaḥ, “puruṣe ṣoḍaśakale tāmāhuramṛtāṃ kalām” ityukteḥ ||

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