Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 296 [Cidgagana as source of Krama and Akrama], 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 296 [Cidgagana as source of Krama and Akrama]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 296:
स्पन्दमम्ब परिपूर्णमप्यभूः स्पन्दमु~ज्झितपदं निरावृति ।
व्योमरूपमखिलक्रमास्पदम् पीठमावधिकविद्ययाम्बया ॥ २९६ ॥spandamamba paripūrṇamapyabhūḥ spandamu~jjhitapadaṃ nirāvṛti |
vyomarūpamakhilakramāspadam pīṭhamāvadhikavidyayāmbayā || 296 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Cidgagana as source of Krama and Akrama]
Śakti assumes the Jñānapīṭha, through Śuddhavidyā. This envisages the revelation of self in the impirical being and causes upliftment of souls to the abode that is beyond enclosures and which is unstoppable brilliance as Caitanya.This is the incomparable state of Citrūpā, who is beyond divisions of Time and Space. This is attainable by a sādhaka as the Svātantriya-Spanda principle[1]. He further proceeds to reach the abode of Śiva, which is the state of rest of even the Śakti cakra. Such a Jñāna pīṭha is retraced as one’s own Cidgagana, which is the source of emergence of the Kramas and in which the entire expansion retracts.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 202 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 296.—
svātantryarūpameva spandatattvamaṅgīkṛtam | yathoktaṃ tantrāloke—
kiñciccalanametāvadananyuspharaṇaṃ hi tat | ūrmireṣā vibodhābdhe.. || iti |