Text 306] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 171

TRANSLATION

“If in a kalpa a suitable living entity is not available to take charge of
Brahma’s post, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself personally ex-
pands and becomes Lord Brahma.

PURPORT

One day of Brahma consists of the four yugas multiplied a thousand times—or,
according to solar calculations, 4,320,000,000 years—and such also is the dura-
tion of his night. One year of Brahma’s life consists of 360 days and nights, and
Brahmi lives for one hundred such years. Such is the life of a Brahma.

TEXT 306
Tal fea Tee acer flacataatea-
cA Aratay SA AT-B AS Ay |
HAl STAUVSAA VD Fak Baypars
Deoraeyt Pay AAAS Fl ow j

yasyanghri-pankaja-rajo ‘khila-loka-pdlair
mauly-uttamair dhrtam updsita-tirtha-tirtham

brahma bhavo ‘ham api yasya kalah kalayah
sris codvahema ciram asya nrpasanam kva

SYNONYMS

yasya—whose; arghri-pankaja—lotuslike feet; rajah—the dust; akhila-loka—
of the universal planetary systems; pdlaih—by the masters; mauli-uttamaih—
with valuable turbans on their heads; dhrtam—accepted; updsita—worshiped;
tirtha-tirtham —the sanctifier of the holy places; brahmad—Lord Brahma; bhavah —
Lord Siva; aham api—even |; yasya—of whom; kaléh—portions; kalayah—of a
plenary portion; srih—the goddess of fortune; ca—and; udvahema—we carry;
ciram—eternally; asya—of Him; nrpa-dsanam—the throne of a king; kva—where.

TRANSLATION

““‘What is the value of a throne to Lord Krsna? The masters of the various
planetary systems accept the dust of His lotus feet on their crowned heads.
That dust makes the holy places sacred, and even Lord Brahma, Lord Siva,
Laksmi and | myself, who are all portions of His plenary portion, eternally
carry that dust on our heads.’
