Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 285 [Shakti—Sakara and Nirakara], 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 285 [Śakti—Sākāra and Nirākāra]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 285:
अम्बरेश्वरि निराकृतेस्तव व्यज्यते निखिलमाकृतित्वतः ।
सर्वदा स्फुरसि येयमद्वयानन्दचित्प्रसरपीठवर्तिनी ॥ २८५ ॥ambareśvari nirākṛtestava vyajyate nikhilamākṛtitvataḥ |
sarvadā sphurasi yeyamadvayānandacitprasarapīṭhavartinī || 285 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
Śakti, being Goddess of Cidgagana, is without form and with multiple forms simultaneously, as she is the dictator of the laws of the universe.
She with [her following five capabilities of...]:
- Omni-potence (sarvakartṛtva),
- Omniscience (Sarvajñātṛtva),
- Eternity (Nityatva),
- Wholeness (Pūrṇatva) and
- Omnipresence (Vyāpakatva),
[...] always occupies the seat of united Cit (Consciousness) and Ānanda (Bliss) and spreads the brilliance of Cit in both forms[1] of Śiva (the liberated and the bonded).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p194 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 285.—
yugapadeva bhagavataḥ śivasya muktasaṃsāradaśayorvarṇanamadhikṛtyaitādṛśabhāvanābodha kastutiravadhūtasiddhasya-ekāṃ bata cyutasamastabhavapravṛtti-māhurvimuktimiti śāntatamāma vasthām | sthityudbhavapralayinīmaparāmavasthaṃाsaṃsāriṇīmiti vadanti tavaiva santaḥ || (bhakti.18)