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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.1
maitreya uvaca
paramanuh sa vijneyo
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvaca -- Maitreya said; caramah -- ultimate; sat -- effect; viseshanam -- symptoms; anekah -- innumerable; asamyutah -- unmixed; sada -- always; parama-anuh -- atoms; sah -- that; vijneyah -- should be understood; nrinam -- of men; aikya -- oneness; bhramah -- mistaken; yatah -- from which.
TRANSLATION
The material manifestation's ultimate particle, which is indivisible and not formed into a body, is called the atom. It exists always as an invisible identity, even after the dissolution of all forms. The material body is but a combination of such atoms, but it is misunderstood by the common man.
PURPORT
The atomic description of the Srimad-Bhagavatam is almost the same as the modern science of atomism, and this is further described in the Paramanu-vada of Kanada. In modern science also, the atom is accepted as the ultimate indivisible particle of which the universe is composed. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the full text of all descriptions of knowledge, including the theory of atomism. The atom is the minute subtle form of eternal time.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness