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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.6
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 6
- trasareṇu-trikaṁ bhuṅkte
- yaḥ kālaḥ sa truṭiḥ smṛtaḥ
- śata-bhāgas tu vedhaḥ syāt
- tais tribhis tu lavaḥ smṛtaḥ
trasareṇucombination of three hexatoms-trikamcombination of three hexatoms — combination of three hexatoms; bhuṅkteas they take time to integrate — as they take time to integrate; yaḥthat which — that which; kālaḥduration of time — duration of time; saḥthat — that; truṭiḥby the name truṭi — by the name truṭi; smṛtaḥis called — is called; śataone hundred truṭis-bhāgaḥone hundred truṭis — one hundred truṭis; tubut — but; vedhaḥcalled a vedha — called a vedha; syātit so happens — it so happens; taiḥby them — by them; tribhiḥthree times — three times; tubut — but; lavaḥlava — lava; smṛtaḥso called — so called.
The time duration needed for the integration of three trasareṇus is called a truṭi, and one hundred truṭis make one vedha. Three vedhas make one lava.
It is calculated that if a second is divided into 1687.5 parts, each part is the duration of a truṭi, which is the time occupied in the integration of eighteen atomic particles. Such a combination of atoms into different bodies creates the calculation of material time. The sun is the central point for calculating all different durations.