Lifecycle


All the worlds including that of Brahma are subject to the recurrence of birth(appearance) and death (disappearance): everything is destined to be reborn in another form on this earth. There is no such rebirth when you are blessed with God's grace. Because, He is the timeless infinity whereas other worlds are bound by time. The units of time as defined in Hindu scriptures are given here.

One day (also called as Kalpam or Sargam) of Brahma consists of 432 crores human years. Likewise, one night (also called as Pralayam) has the same measure of 432 crores human years. In terms of eternal measure, 1000 Deva yugas (celestial period) each  equal to one day and one night of Brahma.  Such day and nights form one month for Him, and twelve such months is a year of Brahma. The lifespan of Brahma is said to be 100 such years.

Each Deva yuga represents 43,20,000 human years  which are falling into 4 categories as below. 

Kali Yuga              =   4,32,000 human years 
Dwapara Yuga     =    8,64,000 --do
Thretha Yuga         =  12,96,000—do—
Sathya Yuga         =  17,28,000 -do-

Our one year forms one night/day of Angels/lesser gods and our 30 years is one month for them and 365 human years are one year of their calendar. Such 12000 years of their world are called as Devayuga or Mahayuga.

All life forms emerge (birth) from the body of Brahma when his day begins and  all life forms disappear (death)into the same body of him after the onset of his night. The affiliations and attachments (due to effects of karmas in previous births) lead to such repeated births and deaths . But God remains formless and ever powerful forever despite these happenings in Him,  the cosmic body.



(From the Chapter"AkshrabrahmaYogam")

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