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  "name":"SB 3.11.3",
  "h1":"SB 3.11.3",
  "label":"Text 3",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.3",
  "description":"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 3.11.3

एवं कालोऽप्यनुमितः सौक्ष्म्ये स्थौल्ये च सत्तम ।
संस्थानभुक्त्या भगवानव्यक्तो व्यक्तभुग्विभुः ॥३॥

Text

evaṁ kālo 'py anumitaḥ
saukṣmye sthaulye ca sattama
saṁsthāna-bhuktyā bhagavān
avyakto vyakta-bhug vibhuḥ

Synonyms

evam—thus; kālaḥ—time; api—also; anumitaḥ—measured; saukṣmye—in the subtle; sthaulye—in the gross forms; ca—also; sattama—O best; saṁsthāna—combinations of the atoms; bhuktyā—by the motion; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; avyaktaḥ—unmanifested; vyakta-bhuk—controlling all physical movement; vibhuḥ—the great potential.

Translation

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.