Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 305 [Offering Cidgaganacandrika to Kali by the author], 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 305 [Offering Cidgaganacandrikā to Kāli by the author]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 305:
मुक्तमेव न मया मयोचितः प्रेरितोऽस्मि तव तर्तिनी तया ।
सिद्धनाथकृतत्वत्क्रमस्तुतेः कालिदासरचितां च पञ्चिकाम् ॥ ३०५ ॥muktameva na mayā mayocitaḥ prerito'smi tava tartinī tayā |
siddhanāthakṛtatvatkramastuteḥ kālidāsaracitāṃ ca pañcikām || 305 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Offering Cidgaganacandrikā to Kāli by the author]
Siddhanātha had composed Kramastuti, which formed the basis of Kālidāsa’s present work [Cidgaganacandrikā] Kālidasa pleads with Kāli to accept his offering of the work[1], though he is yet to get release from clutches of Māyā and the worldly sufferings.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p210 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 305.—
athedānīṃ preraṇāsrotasaṃ nirdiśan svaracanāṃ ca devyai samarpayan svānugrāhyatāṃ ca nivedayan varṇayati.