Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 113 [The form and process of reaching the Paravac], 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 113 [The form and process of reaching the Parāvāc]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 113:
चेतसः कृतमदा स्वजृम्भया त्वं निजं वियदभूमि जग्मुषी ।
गृह्णती परममम्ब चित्पदं मङ्गलासि विधुताहृतिः परा ॥ ११३ ॥cetasaḥ kṛtamadā svajṛmbhayā tvaṃ nijaṃ viyadabhūmi jagmuṣī |
gṛhṇatī paramamamba citpadaṃ maṅgalāsi vidhutāhṛtiḥ parā || 113 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[The form and process of reaching the Parāvāc—Asvara ambara—asvaram ambaram]
Śakti overwhelmed by her manifestation sets the minds in delusion, thereafter proceeds to reach the abodeless Asvara ambara [asvaram ambaram][1] which is the form of cit, then she discards the consumption of the objects. That is the state of Parāvac. And as she subdues all the inauspiciousness at this level she is called Maṅgala, the form of auspiciousness. In the gross level it is an ascend from the Svādhiṣṭhana [Svādhiṣṭhāna?] to citpada which is the significant state of samādhi attained progressively.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 68-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-113.—
ṃtvasvajṛmbhayā ścittasya kṛtamohā bhūtvā nijaṃ svādhiṣṭhānamambaraṃ jagmuṣī satī cidrūpamāśrayaṃ gṛhṇatī ca satī nirastā viṣayagrahaṇaṃ tathābhūtā parāvāgrūpā maṅgalā tadānīṃ sarvavidhānāmamaṅgalānānaṃाpraśamānmaṅgalasvarūpā asīti|