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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 19]
SYNONYMS
keśa-agra —from the tip of a hair;  śata-eka —one hundred;  bhāga —divisions;  punaḥ —again;  śata-aṁśa —one hundred divisions;  kari —making;  tāra sama —equal to that;  sūkṣma —very fine;  jīvera —of the living entity;  sva-rūpa —the actual form;  vicāri —I consider.
TRANSLATION
“The length and breadth of the living entity is described as one tenthousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is the original subtle nature of the living entity.
TEXT 140
কেশাগ্রশতভাগস্য শতাংশসদৃশাত্মকঃ ।
জীবঃ স্মৃত্স্বরূপোহয়ং সংখ্যাতীতো হি চিংকণঃ ॥ ১৪০ ॥
keśāgra-śata-bhāgasya  
 śatāṁśa-sadṛśātmakaḥ  
 jīvaḥ sūkṣma-svarūpo 'yaṁ  
 saṅkhyātīto hi cit-kaṇaḥ
SYNONYMS
keśa-agra —of the tip of a hair;  śata-bhāgasya —of one hundredth;  śata-aṁśa —a hundredth part;  sadṛśa —equal to;  ātmakaḥ —whose nature;  jīvaḥ —the living entity;  sūkṣma —very fine;  sva-rūpaḥ —identification;  ayam —this;  saṅkhya-atītaḥ —numbering beyond calculation;  hi —certainly;  cit-kaṇaḥ —spiritual particle.
TRANSLATION
“If we divide the tip of a hair into a hundred parts and then take one of these parts and divide it again into a hundred parts, that very fine division is the size of but one of the numberless living entities. They are all cit-kaṇa, particles of spirit, not matter.’
PURPORT
This is quoted from the commentary on the portion of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  wherein the  Vedas  personified offer their obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.7).  Mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ : “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts.”