SB 3.11.1
TEXT 1
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TEXT
मैत्रेय उवाच
चरमः सद्विशेषाणाम् अनेको ऽसंयुतः सदा । परमाणुः स विज्ञेयो नृणामैक्यभ्रमो यतः ॥ १ ॥ maitreya uvaca
caramah sad-visesanam
aneko 'samyutah sada
paramanuh sa vijneyo
nrnam aikya-bhramo yatah
maitreyah uvaca-Maitreya said; caramah-ultimate; sat-effect; visesanam-symptoms; anekah-innumerable; asamyutah-unmixed; sada-always; parama-anuh-atoms; sah-that; vijneyah-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-Bhagavatam is the full text of all descriptions of knowledge, including the theory of atomism. The atom is the minute subtle form of eternal time.
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