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| Madhya-lila | Chapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.141
SYNONYMS
bala-agra -- the tip of a hair; sata-bhagasya -- of one hundredth; satadha -- into one hundred parts; kalpitasya -- divided; ca -- and; bhagah -- minute portion; jivah -- the living entity; sah -- that; vijneyah -- to be understood; iti -- thus; ca -- and; aha -- have said; para -- chief; srutih -- Vedic mantras.
TRANSLATION
"'If we divide the tip of a hair into one hundred parts and then take one part and divide this into another one hundred parts, that ten-thousandth part is the dimension of the living entity. This is the verdict of the chief Vedic mantras.'
PURPORT
The first three padas of this verse from the Pancadasi-citra-dipa (81) are taken from the Svetasvatara Upanishad (5.9).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness