320 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19
SYNONYMS

kesa-agra—from the tip of a hair; sata-eka—one hundred; bhaga—divisions;
punah—again; sata-arnsa—one hundred divisions; kari—making; tara sama—
equal to that; suksma—very fine; jivera—of the living entity; sva-rdjpa—the ac-
tual form; vicari—l consider.

TRANSLATION

“The length and breadth of the living entity is described as one ten-
thousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is the original subtle nature of the liv-
ing entity.

TEXT 140
CHT ATS SAAT TITAS: |
BAS VHTACATVAS ALATGCG! FR HLF 1 Bo 4
kesagra-sata-bhagasya
satamsa-sadrsatmakah
jivah saksma-svardpo ‘yan
sankhyatito hi cit-kanah
SYNONYMS

kesa-agra—of the tip of a hair; Sata-bhagasya—of one hundredth; sata-arnsa—
a hundredth part; sadrsa—equal to; 4tmakah—whose nature; jivah—the living
entity; suksma—very fine; sva-rdpah—identification; ayam—this; sarkhya-
atitah—numbering beyond calculation; hi—certainly; cit-kanah—spiritual
particle.

TRANSLATION

““1f 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-kana, par-
ticles of spirit, not matter.’

PURPORT

This is quoted from the commentary on the portion of Srimad-Bhagavatam
wherein the Vedas personified offer their obeisances unto the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (15.7). Mamaivarnso jiva-
loke jiva-bhatah sanatanah: “The living entities in this conditioned world are My
eternal, fragmental parts.”
