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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth

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His Divine Grace
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.