Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 2 [Invocation to Shiva], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries鈥攖he 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 2 [Invocation to 艢颈惫补]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 2:
啶膏啶ム啶侧 啶膏啶曕啶粪啶 啶ぐ啶� 啶� 啶む啶班た啶掂た啶оぎ啶苦す 啶む啶︵ 啶い啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶ムぞ啶掂啶多じ啶苦う啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啶� 啶啶曕啶む 啶膏い啷嵿い啶� 啶う啷�啶ぞ 啶膏啶啶班い啶� 啶� 啶ぐ啶む 啶膏啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶ム啶曕じ啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶ぞ啶啶班啶むた 啶 啶掂た啶ぐ啷嵿ざ啶曕啶班た啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶い啶苦い啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啶侧啶曕さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦 啶膏え啷嵿ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿啶距げ啷嬥啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂啶お啶ㄠく啶む 啶� 啶掂じ啷嵿い啶距ぎ啶膏啶� 啶掂啶む啶むた啶啶多 啷� 啷� 啷�sth奴la峁� s奴k峁a峁� para峁� ca trividhamiha tagad yatprath膩ve艣asiddhy膩
yukta峁� satt膩 yad墨y膩 sphurati ca parata岣� svaprathaikasvabh膩v膩 |
bh膩m奴rti ya峁� vimar艣akriyamanupatit膩 lak峁ate lokav峁泃ti岣�
sanm膩rg膩lokan膩ya vyapanayatu sa vast膩mas墨峁� v峁泃tim墨艣a岣� || 2 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Invocation to 艢颈惫补]
莫艣惫补谤补 is invoked as the dispeller of 办腻谤尘补峁嘺尘补濒补鈥攄esire of doing good and evil. The supreme Lord 莫艣惫补谤补 or 办腻濒补鈥檚 true nature can be conceived or understood as the apparent entity or seeming separate existence of three fold creation-Visible, Subtle and Invisible or the formal, the Spiritual and the Divine creation. He is of lustrous form and his action flows in the form of Power Discriminate, in whose wake or by whose presence the creation exists or seen. He is invoked to light the path of true knowledge or give the eye of true knowledge.[1]
Salutation to 艢颈惫补鈥擫ord of Three worlds
艢颈惫补 the 笔谤补办腻艣补 aspect is worshipped to do away the 办腻谤尘颈肠 limitations (办腻谤尘补峁嘺 mala)鈥�艣ubh膩艣ubha anu峁ａ弓膩峁嘺r奴pa (experience of good and bad actions) which the empirical beings suffer.
It is said鈥�
鈥�莫艣var膩nugrah膩teva pu峁僺膩m advaitav膩san膩鈥�
(The Impression of Non-duality is attained only with the grace of God).
艢颈惫补 is the illuminate of the three worlds viz.,
- the gross world鈥擡arth, mountains, man etc.,
- the subtle world鈥擣ive 迟补苍尘腻迟谤补蝉 and objects of perception 辫补帽肠补产丑奴迟补蝉,
- the subtlest鈥攖he unmanifest form of the world understood only by the 艣腻蝉迟谤补蝉 and 辫谤补尘腻峁嘺蝉.
艢颈惫补 the substratum of Knowledge
艢颈惫补 is the very form of knowledge. His only act is to create the 痴颈尘补谤艣补 艢补办迟颈鈥攖he awareness of 鈥淚鈥� (aham). The significance of the prayer to 艢颈惫补 is to remove our ignorance due to limitations acquired through the 办腻谤尘补峁嘺尘补濒补 and lead us in the path of Kramamukti鈥擳he orderly progress from the empirical I-self (ego) to the universal I-self (Supreme consciouness).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Divyacakorik膩] p 10-[颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 2.
s膩dhak膩n膩峁� m膩y墨yamalanir膩saphalakaga峁噀艣astutir奴pama峁単al膩nantara峁� 肠颈办墨谤峁迟补 cidgagana candrik膩stotraupayika办腻谤尘补峁嘺尘补濒补nir膩sahetukam膩k膩艣a艣ar墨ra峁� 艣ivatattvamapi par膩m峁浥沘ti.