caramaḥ sad-viśeṣāṇām
aneko 'saṁyutaḥ sadā
paramāṇuḥ sa vijṣeyo
nṛṇām aikya-bhramo yataḥ
maitreyaḥ uvāca-Maitreya said; caramaḥ-ultimate; sat-effect; viśeṣāṇām- symptoms; anekaḥ-innumerable; asaṁyutaḥ-unmixed; sadā-always; parama-aṇuḥ- atoms; saḥ-that; vijñeyaḥ-should be understood; nṛṇām-of men; aikya-oneness; bhramaḥ-mistaken; yataḥ-from which.
The material manifestation's ultimate particle, 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
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The atomic description of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is almost the same as the modern science of atomism, and this is further described in the Paramāṇu-vāda of Kaṇāda. In modern science also, the atom is accepted as the ultimate indivisible particle of which the universe is composed. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the full text of all descriptions of knowledge, including the theory of atomism. The atom is the minute subtle form of eternal time.