Brahmā, the creator god, lives 100 years. By earth calculations Brahmā lives 311 trillion and 40 million earth years. But from the viewpoint of eternity it is as brief as a lightning flash.
Bhagavad-Gītā 8: Attaining the Supreme, Purport 8.17:
Satya-yuga last 1,728,000, Dvāpara-yuga 1,296,000, Tretā-yuga 864,000 and current age Kali-yuga 432,000. Four yugas total duration 4,320,000 years. These four yugas, rotating a thousand times, comprise one day of Brahmā, the creator god, and the same number comprise one night. Brahmā lives one hundred of such "years" and then dies. These "hundred years" by earth calculations total to 311 trillion and 40 million earth years. By these calculations the life of Brahmā seems fantastic and interminable, but from the viewpoint of eternity it is as brief as a lightning flash. In the causal ocean there are innumerable Brahmās rising and disappearing like bubbles in the Atlantic. Brahmā and his creation are all part of the material universe, and therefore they are in constant flux.
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