Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

Cidgaganacandrika 306 [Significance of Kramadarshana], 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 306 [Significance of Kramadarśana]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 306:

यद्विनिश्चयपदं च ते स्तवं योऽम्ब वेद कुरु तन्मुखं जगत् ।
कालिदासपदवीं तवाश्रितः त्वत्प्रसादकृतवाग्विजृम्भणः ॥ ३०६ ॥

yadviniścayapadaṃ ca te stavaṃ yo'mba veda kuru tanmukhaṃ jagat |
kālidāsapadavīṃ tavāśritaḥ tvatprasādakṛtavāgvijṛmbhaṇaḥ || 306 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Significance of Kramadarśana]

Author requests his Deity to bestow popularity to those, who recite the hymns of Kāli, i.e. Cidgaganacandrika, which highlights Krama darśana. He further reiterates that the knowledge of Kramadarśana[1] is capable of affording Lordship and prosperity and pleads the same for himself. He records the fact that, Kālidāsa is a title given to him based upon his work [Cidgaganacandrikā], due to grace of Kāli, who ruled over his language in proper path. He dedicates the work and title to his Iṣṭa-devatā Kāli.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 210 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 306.—

idānīṃ kramajñānavata eva jīvanaṃ saphalamiti varṇayati.

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