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SB 3.11.2

Devanāgarī

सत एव पदार्थस्य स्वरूपावस्थितस्य यत् । कैवल्यं परममहानविशेषो निरन्तर: ॥ २ ॥

Text

sata eva padārthasya svarūpāvasthitasya yat kaivalyaṁ parama-mahān aviśeṣo nirantaraḥ

Synonyms

sataḥ—of the effective manifestation;eva—certainly;pada-arthasya—of physical bodies;svarūpa-avasthitasya—staying in the same form even to the time of dissolution;yat—that which;kaivalyam—oneness;parama—the supreme;mahān—unlimited;aviśeṣaḥ—forms;nirantaraḥ—eternally.

Translation

Atoms are the ultimate state of the manifest universe. When they stay in their own forms without forming different bodies, they are called the unlimited oneness. There are certainly different bodies in physical forms, but the atoms themselves form the complete manifestation.

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