मैत्रेय उवाच चरम: सद्विशेषाणामनेकोऽसंयुत: सदा । परमाणु: स विज्ञेयो नृणामैक्यभ्रमो यत: ॥ 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.
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 misunderstood by the common man.