Paramanu=Sub-atomic particle / ANU=Atom (Right!?)

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Here is a Srimad Bhagavam translation I did that differs scientifically from

Srila Prabhupada BhaktiVedanta Swami's translation, promoted by Iskcon. The

difference is that Srimad Bhagavat describes the word " paramanu " as what

modern science has discovered to be the sub-atomic particle. A paramanu

cannot contain a jiva. The Bhagavat further says that a combination of

two Paramanus = an ANU or atom - and an atom is the smallest material body

that a jiva can inhabit. This is what Bhagavat says, and is also

exactly the same as modern science. But this is quite different in

Srila Prabhupada's translation. First here is my translation of 5 verses...

 

The Vedic Divisions of Time

 

 

 

SOURCE: 

Srimad Bhagavat, Canto III, Chapter XI

 

 

 

Translation by Richard S. Brown

 

 

 

Verse 1: (The great sage) Maitreya said: " The smallest particle of

material substance, which has not yet combined with any other similar

particles, is called PARAMANU (a sub-atomic particle of matter).  

Paramanus always exist both in the dormant and manifest states of

material

existence. It is the combination of more than one paramanu (sub-atomic

particle) which gives rise to the illusory concept of a (material) unit.

 

 

 

Verse 2: And the entire manifest material existence, taken as a

non-specific

whole, and before returning to an unmanifest (dormant) state, is defined

as the largest (material) size.

 

 

Verse 3: We can understand the short and long dimensions of (material)

time, as a potency of the Supreme all-pervading transcendental Lord,

Who,

in the form of the Sun, passes across the small and large dimensions of

(material) things.

 

 

Verse 4: The amount of time it takes the Sun to pass across the smallest

particle of matter is called paramanu which is the smallest measure of

time, while the period it takes to cross the total expanse of material

creation is called the longest measure of time.

 

 

Verse 5: A combination of two paramanus constitutes an ANU (atom); and

three anus (atoms) makes one trasarenu.  Trasarenus are visable [to

the naked eye] when seen floating upward in the air while viewed through

rays of sunlight which enter a room through a latticed window.

---HERE ABOVE IS WHERE I DIFFER AND I'M BACKED UP BY SCIENCE, LOGIC, GRAMMER,

AND OTHER ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS.

 

Paramanu = Sub atomic particle (cannot contain life)

Anu = Atom (can contain life)

 

I'm

not trying to find fault. I'm just trying to get it straight. Read what

HDG is said to have written of the above 5 slokas. If HDG was here

today I could get it corrected in the BBT version. Now it sounds wrong,

and HDG would agree with me, I'm sure!

 

Here is What Swami Prabhupada is said to have written (Iskcon Srimad Bhagavatam,

same 5 slokas)

 

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: ÅšrÄ«mad BhÄgavatam

SB 3.11.1:

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.

SB 3.11.2:

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.

SB 3.11.3:

One can estimate time by measuring the movement of the atomic

combination of bodies. Time is the potency of the almighty Personality

of Godhead, Hari, who controls all physical movement although He is not visible

in the physical world.

SB 3.11.4:

Atomic time is measured according to its covering a particular atomic

space. That time which covers the unmanifest aggregate of atoms is

called the great time.

SB 3.11.5:

The division of gross time is calculated as follows: two atoms make one

double atom, and three double atoms make one hexatom. This hexatom is

visible in the sunshine which enters through the holes of a window

screen. One can clearly see that the hexatom goes up towards the sky.

*ACBSP: " The material manifestation's ultimate particle, which is indivisible

and not formed into a body, is called the atom " --- This is wrong because the

ANU (atom) CAN be split and is NOT indivisible. What fits that discription is

only the very word used " PARAMANU " which is sub-atomic particle.

 

 

 

 

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