# Cc. Madhya 20.305 > কোন কল্পে যদি যোগ্য জীব নাহি পায় ৷ > আপনে ঈশ্বর তবে অংশে ‘ব্ৰহ্মা’ হয় ॥৩০৫॥ ## Text > kona kalpe yadi yogya jīva nāhi pāya > āpane īśvara tabe aṁśe 'brahmā' haya ## Synonyms *kona kalpe*—in some lifetime of Brahmā; *yadi*—if; *yogya*—suitable; *jīva*—living entity; *nāhi*—not; *pāya*—is available; *āpane*—personally; *īśvara*—the Supreme Lord; *tabe*—then; *aṁśe*—by His plenary expansion; *brahmā haya*—becomes Lord Brahmā. ## Translation **"If in a kalpa a suitable living entity is not available to take charge of Brahmā's post, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself personally expands and becomes Lord Brahmā.** ## Purport One day of Brahmā consists of the four *yugas* multiplied a thousand times-or, according to solar calculations, 4,320,000,000 years-and such also is the duration of his night. One year of Brahmā's life consists of 360 days and nights, and Brahmā lives for one hundred such years. Such is the life of a Brahmā.