# Cc. Madhya 19.141 ## Text > bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya > śatadhā kalpitasya ca > bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeya > iti cāha parā śrutiḥ ## Synonyms *bāla*-*agra*—the tip of a hair; *śata*-*bhāgasya*—of one hundredth; *śata*-*dhā*—into one hundred parts; *kalpitasya*—divided; *ca*—and; *bhāgaḥ*—minute portion; *jīvaḥ*—the living entity; *saḥ*—that; *vijñeyaḥ*—to be understood; *iti*—thus; *ca*—and; *āha*—have said; *parā*—chief; *śrutiḥ*—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).