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    "name":"Cc. Madhya 19.141",
    "h1":"Cc. Madhya 19.141",
    "label":"Text 141",
    "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 19.141",
    "description":"\" '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.'"
}
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====== Cc. Madhya 19.141 ======

===== Text =====

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

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:b:bāla]]-[[synonyms:a:agra]]---the tip of a hair; [[synonyms:ś:śata]]-[[synonyms:b:bhāgasya]]---of one hundredth; [[synonyms:ś:śata]]-[[synonyms:d:dhā]]---into one hundred parts; [[synonyms:k:kalpitasya]]---divided; [[synonyms:c:ca]]---and; [[synonyms:b:bhāgaḥ]]---minute portion; [[synonyms:j:jīvaḥ]]---the living entity; [[synonyms:s:saḥ]]---that; [[synonyms:v:vijñeyaḥ]]---to be understood; [[synonyms:i:iti]]---thus; [[synonyms:c:ca]]---and; [[synonyms:ā:āha]]---have said; [[synonyms:p:parā]]---chief; [[synonyms:ś: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).