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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Verse 5 of 42
SB 3.11.5

अणुर्द्वौ परमाणू स्यात्त्रसरेणुस्त्रयः स्मृतः जालार्करश्म्यवगतः खमेवानुपतन्नगात्

aṇur dvau paramāṇū syāt trasareṇus trayaḥ smṛtaḥ jālārkaraśmy-avagataḥ kham evānupatann agāt

Synonyms

aṇuḥdouble atom; dvautwo; parama-aṇuatoms; syātbecome; trasareṇuḥhexatom; trayaḥthree; smṛtaḥconsidered; jāla-arkaof sunshine through the holes of a window screen; raśmiby the rays; avagataḥcan be known; kham evatowards the sky; anupatan agātgoing up..

Translation

The division of gross time is calculated as follows: two atoms make one double atom, and three double atoms make one hexatom. This hexatom is visible in the sunshine which enters through the holes of a window screen. One can clearly see that the hexatom goes up towards the sky.

Purport

The atom is described as an invisible particle, but when six such atoms combine together, they are called a trasareṇu, and this is visible in the sunshine pouring through the holes of a window screen.

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