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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.6
SYNONYMS
trasarenu-trikam -- combination of three hexatoms; bhunkte -- as they take time to integrate; yah -- that which; kalah -- duration of time; sah -- that; trutih -- by the name truti; smritah -- is called; sata-bhagah -- one hundred trutis; tu -- but; vedhah -- called a vedha; syat -- it so happens; taih -- by them; tribhih -- three times; tu -- but; lavah -- lava; smritah -- so called.
TRANSLATION
The time duration needed for the integration of three trasarenus is called a truti, and one hundred trutis make one vedha. Three vedhas make one lava.
PURPORT
It is calculated that if a second is divided into 1687.5 parts, each part is the duration of a truti, which is the time occupied in the integration of eighteen atomic particles. Such a combination of atoms into different bodies creates the calculation of material time. The sun is the central point for calculating all different durations.
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