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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.5
jalarka-rasmy-avagatah
SYNONYMS
anuh -- double atom; dvau -- two; parama-anu -- atoms; syat -- become; trasarenuh -- hexatom; trayah -- three; smritah -- considered; jala-arka -- of sunshine through the holes of a window screen; rasmi -- by the rays; avagatah -- can be known; kham eva -- towards the sky; anupatan agat -- going up.
TRANSLATION
The division of gross time is calculated as follows: two atoms make one double atom, and three double atoms make one hexatom. This hexatom is visible in the sunshine which enters through the holes of a window screen. One can clearly see that the hexatom goes up towards the sky.
PURPORT
The atom is described as an invisible particle, but when six such atoms combine together, they are called a trasarenu, and this is visible in the sunshine pouring through the holes of a window screen.
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