# Cc. Antya 3.255 ## Text > 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.* The author of *Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta* says that if one does not take advantage of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he cannot be delivered for millions of such *kalpas.*