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bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya
śatadhā kalpitasya ca
bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeya
iti cāha parā śrutiḥ

Synonyms

bala-agra—the tip of a hair; sata-bhagasya—of one hundredth; sata-dhā—into one hundred parts; kalpitasya—divided; ca—and; bhagah—minute portion; jivah—the living entity; saḥ—that; vijñeyaḥ—to be understood; iti—thus; ca—and; aha—have said; para—chief; srutih—Vedic 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 Pañcadaśī Citradīpa (81) are taken from the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (5.9). 

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