338 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 3

TEXT 254

COSIABICA ACS CLIMYS-4H1 |
HA GA caica Siem, BAAS COM ww! U Acs |

caitanyavatare vahe premamrta-vanya
saba jiva preme bhase, prthivi haila dhanyda

SYNONYMS

caitanya-avatare—by the incarnation of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vahe—
flows; prema-amrta—of the eternal nectar of love of Godhead; vanya—the
flood; saba jiva—all living entities; preme—in ecstatic love; bhase—float;
prthivi—the whole world; haila—became; dhanya—thankful.

TRANSLATION

“There is now a flood of the eternal nectar of love of Godhead due to the in-
carnation of Lord Caitanya. All living entities are floating in that flood. The en-
tire world is now thankful to the Lord.

TEXT 255

OAH A A SIA, CHS WS BF |
CBBswH +E Gia aifes fawia Nace i

e-vanyaya ye na bhase, sei jiva chara
koti-kalpe kabhu tara nahika nistara

SYNONYMS

e-vanydya—in this inundation; ye—anyone who; nad bhase—does not float;
sei—that; jiva—living entity; chara—most condemned; koti-kalpe—in millions of
kalpas; kabhu—at any time; tara—his; nahika—there is not; nistara—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-gité. Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad
brahmano viduh. One day of Brahma is called a kalpa. A yuga, or maha-yuga, con-
sists of 4,320,000 years, and one thousand such mahda-yugas constitute one kalpa.
