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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

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SB 3.11.2

सत एव पदार्थस्य स्वरूपावस्थितस्य यत् कैवल्यं परममहानविशेषो निरन्तरः

sata eva padārthasya svarūpāvasthitasya yat kaivalyaṁ parama-mahān aviśeṣo nirantaraḥ

Synonyms

sataḥof the effective manifestation; evacertainly; pada-arthasyaof physical bodies; svarūpa-avasthitasyastaying in the same form even to the time of dissolution; yatthat which; kaivalyamoneness; paramathe supreme; mahānunlimited; aviśeṣaḥforms; nirantaraḥeternally..

Translation

Atoms are the ultimate state of the manifest universe. When they stay in their own forms without forming different bodies, they are called the unlimited oneness. There are certainly different bodies in physical forms, but the atoms themselves form the complete manifestation.

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