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TEXT 141
balagra-sata-bhagasya
satadha kalpitasya ca
bhago jivah sa vijneya
iti caha para srutih
SYNONYMS
bala-agrathe tip of a hair; sata-bhagasyaof one hundredth; sata-dhainto one hundred parts; kalpitasyadivided; caand; bhagahminute portion; jivahthe living entity; sahthat; vijneyahto be understood; itithus; caand; ahahave said; parachief; srutihVedic mantras.
TRANSLATION
" 'If we divide the tip of a hair into one hundred parts and then take one part and divide this into another one hundred parts, that ten-thousandth part is the dimension of the living entity. This is the verdict of the chief Vedic mantras.'
PURPORT
The first three padas of this verse from the Pancadasi Citradipa (81) are taken from the Svetasvatara Upanisad (5.9).
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