CC Adi 16.82
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 82
- ambujam ambuni jātaṁ
- kvacid api na jātam ambujād ambu
- mura-bhidi tad-viparītaṁ
- pādāmbhojān mahā-nadī jātā
SYNONYMS
ambujam — lotus flower; ambuni — in the water; jātam — is grown; kvacit — at any time; api — certainly; na — not; jātam — grown; ambujāt — from a lotus flower; ambu — water; mura-bhidi — in Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Murāsura; tat-viparītam — just the opposite of that; pāda-ambhojāt — from the lotus flower of His feet; mahā-nadī — the great river; jātā — has grown.
TRANSLATION
“‘Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water but water never grows from a lotus. All such contradictions, however, are wonderfully possible in Kṛṣṇa: the great river Ganges has grown from His lotus feet.’