Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 310 [Daily recital and Meditation], 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 310 [Daily recital and Meditation]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 310:
त्रैष्टुभैरहरहः परामृशन् कालचक्रमतियन् प्रसीदति ।
कर्तुमिच्छति शिवं शिवे नृणां ज्ञायते तद् विचार्य या त्वया ॥ ३१० ॥traiṣṭubhairaharahaḥ parāmṛśan kālacakramatiyan prasīdati |
kartumicchati śivaṃ śive nṛṇāṃ jñāyate tad vicārya yā tvayā || 310 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Daily recital and Meditation]
The work is composed in the metre called Tristup, which is made up of eleven akṣaras. By grasping the meaning of the verses, a sādhaka spends his lifetime and he feels the divine grace showered on him.[1] Kāli’s grace falls on the sādhaka, who takes the path of sattarka to transcend from empirical levels of manifestation upto the Source of manifestation. Similarly even without the path of Jñāna, the sādhaka, who exhibits bhaktibhāva is also blessed with Kāli’s grace in knowing the ultimate abode (Śiva).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 211 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 310.—
stavasyāsya pratidinaṃ pāṭhena sukhaṃ kālayāpanapūrvaṃka dhyānasmaraṇābhyāṃ śivatvalābha iti pratijānīte.