CHAPTER ELEVEN

Calculation of Time, from the Atom

TEXT 1
aaa vara

am: afeanoaaaisdga: ar |
ANY: T FIT TATA Fa: I 2 A

maitreya uvaca
caramah sad-visesanam
aneko’samyutah sada
paramanuh sa vijfieyo
nrnam aikya-bhramo yatah

maitreyah uvaca— Maitreya said; caramah—ultimate; sat—effect; visesa-
nam—sy mptoms;anekah—innumerable; asamyutah—unmixed;sada—always;
parama-anuh—atoms; sah—that; vijfieyah—should be understood; nrnam—
of men; aikya—oneness; bhramah—mistaken; yatah—from which.

TRANSLATION

The ultimate particle of the material manifestation, which is indivisible
and not formed into a body, is called the atom. It exists always as an
invisible identity, even after the dissolution of all forms. The material
body is but a combination of such atoms, but it is misunderstood by the
common man.

PURPORT

The atomic description of the Srimad-Bhagavatam is almost the same as
the modern science of atomism, and this is further described in the
Paramanu-vada of Kanada. In modern science also, the atom is accepted as
the ultimate indivisible particle of which the universe is composed. Srimad-

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