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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Verse 6 of 42
SB 3.11.6

त्रसरेणुत्रिकं भुंक्ते यः कालः स त्रुटिः स्मृतः शतभागस्तु वेधः स्यात्तैस्त्रिभिस्तु लवः स्मृतः

trasareṇu-trikaṁ bhuṅkte yaḥ kālaḥ sa truṭiḥ smṛtaḥ śata-bhāgas tu vedhaḥ syāt tais tribhis tu lavaḥ smṛtaḥ

Synonyms

trasareṇu-trikamcombination of three hexatoms; bhuṅkteas they take time to integrate; yaḥthat which; kālaḥduration of time; saḥthat; truṭiḥby the name truṭi; smṛtaḥis called; śata-bhāgaḥone hundred truṭis; tubut; vedhaḥcalled a vedha; syātit so happens; taiḥby them; tribhiḥthree times; tubut; lavaḥlava; smṛtaḥso called..

Translation

The time duration needed for the integration of three trasareṇus is called a truṭi, and one hundred truṭis make one vedha. Three vedhas make one lava.

Purport

It is calculated that if a second is divided into 1687.5 parts, each part is the duration of a truṭi, which is the time occupied in the integration of eighteen atomic particles. Such a combination of atoms into different bodies creates the calculation of material time. The sun is the central point for calculating all different durations.

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