SB 11.24.16 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

अणुर्बृहत् कृशः स्थूलो यो यो भावः प्रसिध्यति ।

सर्वोऽप्युभयसंयुक्तः प्रकृत्या पुरुषेण च ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

aṇur bṛhat kṛśaḥ sthūlo

yo yo bhāvaḥ prasidhyati

sarvo ’py ubhaya-saṁyuktaḥ

prakṛtyā puruṣeṇa ca

Synonyms

aṇuḥ — small ; bṛhat — great ; kṛśaḥ — thin ; sthūlaḥ — stout ; yaḥ yaḥ — whatever ; bhāvaḥ — manifestation ; prasidhyati — is established ; sarvaḥ — all ; api — indeed ; ubhaya — by both ; saṁyuktaḥ — conjoined ; prakṛtyā — by nature ; puruṣeṇa — by the enjoying spirit soul ; ca — and.

Translation

Whatever features visibly exist within this world — small or great, thin or stout — certainly contain both the material nature and its enjoyer, the spirit soul.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Whatever products exist within this world—small or big, thin or fat—all are a combination matter and the soul. The cause pervades the effects. The bodies arising as effects or products (bhāvāḥ) are all endowed with prakṛti and jīva.