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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 3]
TEXT 254
চৈতন্যাবতারে বহে প্রেমামৃত-বন্দ্যা ।
সব জীব প্রেমে ভাসে, পৃথিবী ছৈল ধন্যা ॥ ২০৪ ॥
caitanyāvatāre vahe premāmṛta-vanyā saba jīva preme bhāse, pṛthivī haila dhanyā
SYNONYMS
caitanya-avatāre —by the incarnation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  vahe —flows;  prema-amṛta —of the eternal nectar of love of Godhead;  vanyā —the flood;  saba jīva —all living entities;  preme —in ecstatic love;  bhāse —float;  pṛthivī —the whole world;  haila —became;  dhanyā —thankful.
TRANSLATION
“There is now a flood of the eternal nectar of love of Godhead due to the incarnation of Lord Caitanya. All living entities are floating in that flood. The entire world is now thankful to the Lord.
TEXT 255
এ-বন্দ্যায় যে না ভাসে, সেই জীব ছার ।
কোটিকল্পে কভু তার নাহিক নিস্তার ॥ ২০৫ ॥
e-vanyāya ye nā bhāse, sei jīva chāra koṭi-kalpe kabhu tāra nāhika nistāra
SYNONYMS
e-vanyāya —in this inundation;  ye —anyone who;  nā bhāse —does not float;  sei —that;  jīva —living entity;  chāra —most condemned;  koṭi-kalpe —in millions of kalpas;  kabhu —at any time;  tāra —his;  nāhika —there is not;  nistāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
“Anyone who does not float in this inundation is most condemned. Such a person cannot be delivered for millions of kalpas.
PURPORT
The  kalpa  is explained in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ . One day of Brahmā is called a  kalpa . A  yuga , or  mahā-yuga , consists of 4,320,000 years, and one thousand such  mahā-yugas  constitute one  kalpa .