CC Adi 16.83
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 83
- gaṅgāra mahattva—sādhya, sādhana tāhāra
- viṣṇu-pādotpatti—‘anumāna’ alaṅkāra
SYNONYMS
gaṅgāra — of the Ganges; mahattva — opulences; sādhya — subject matter; sādhana — means; tāhāra — of that; viṣṇu-pāda-utpatti — her origin from the lotus feet of the Lord; anumāna — called anumāna (hypothesis); alaṅkāra — an ornament.
TRANSLATION
“The real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. Such a hypothesis is another ornament, called anumāna.