Text 40]
Calculation of Time, from the Atom
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kālo 'yam paramāṇv-ādir dviparārdhānta īśvaraḥ naiveśitum prabhur bhūmna īśvaro dhāma-māninām
kālaḥ—the eternal time; ayam—this; parama-aṇu—atom; ādiḥ—beginning from; dvi-para-ardha—two superdurations of time; antaḥ—to the end; īśvaraḥ—controller; na—never; eva—certainly; īśitum—to control; prabhuḥ—capable; bhūmnaḥ—of the Supreme; īśvaraḥ—controller; dhāma-māninām—of those who are body conscious.
TRANSLATION
Eternal time is certainly the controller of different dimensions, from that of the atom up to the superdivisions of the duration of Brahmā's life; but, nevertheless, it is controlled by the Supreme. Time can control only those who are body conscious, even up to the Satyaloka or the other higher planets of the universe.
TEXT 40
विकारैः सहितो युक्तैर्विशेषादिमिराघृतः । आण्डकोशो बहिरयं पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तृतः ॥४०॥
vikāraiḥ sahito yuktair viśeṣādibhir āvṛtaḥ āṇḍakośo bahir ayam pañcāśat-koṭi-vistṛtaḥ
vikāraiḥ—by the transformation of the elements; sahitaḥ—along with; yuktaiḥ—being so amalgamated; viśeṣa—manifestations; ādibhiḥ—by them; āvṛtaḥ—covered; āṇḍa-kośaḥ—the universe; bahiḥ—outside; ayam—this; pañcāśat—fifty; koṭi—ten million; vistṛtaḥ—widespread.
TRANSLATION
This phenomenal material world is expanded to a diameter of four billion miles, as a combination of eight material elements transformed into sixteen further categories, within and without, as follows:
PURPORT
As explained before, the entire material world is a display of sixteen diversities and eight material elements. The analytical studies of the material