Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 291 [Eternal ascent of Shakti’s Pentad functions], 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 291 [Eternal ascent of Śakti’s Pentad functions]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 291:
इत्थमम्ब तव वृत्तिपञ्चकस्योदयोऽद्भुतविभागसंभ्रमः ।
सर्वदा स्फुरति सर्वतः परं खण्डितेतरनिजस्वरूपभाक् ॥ २९१ ॥itthamamba tava vṛttipañcakasyodayo'dbhutavibhāgasaṃbhramaḥ |
sarvadā sphurati sarvataḥ paraṃ khaṇḍitetaranijasvarūpabhāk || 291 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Eternal ascent of Śakti’s Pentad functions]
The pentad of Śakti is of three categories. [The following are according to her proficiency]—
- Śṛṣṭi, Sthiti, Saṃhāra, Nigraha and Anugraha;
- Cit, Ānanda, Icchā, Jñāna and Kriyā;
- Sarvakartṛtva, Sarvajñātva, Nityatva, Pūrṇatva and Vyāpakatva.
Eternal Ascent of the popular pentad, Sṛṣṭi etc[1]., of Śakti, happens with tremendous speed, creating confusion in following the sequence. The expansion and withdrawal sequence of this pentad is wonderful and at the same time a difficult research. Ever-shining form of Śakti, the whole and only principle, is beyond all the other principles and the Jagat, but at the same time shines in and through the entire manifestation.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 198 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 291.—
adbhuta āścaryajanako yaḥ pañcṛkatyānāṃ vibhāgo nirantarapañcṛkatyakaraṇarūpastasya sambhramaḥ saṃvegastvarayā teṣāṃ kriyānvayo yasmin tathoktaḥ | ‘samau saṃvegasambhramau’ ityamaraḥ | “namaḥ śivāya satataṃ pañcṛkatyavidhāyine | cidānandaghanasvātmaparamārthāvabhāsine ||” iti satatapañcṛkatyavidhānasya vibhāgāvabodho'dbhutatayā vastugatyānusandhānānarhaḥ ||