CC Adi 16.79

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

Ādi-līlā 16.78 - Ādi-līlā 16.80

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 79

‘gaṅgāte kamala janme’—sabāra subodha

‘kamale gaṅgāra janma’—atyanta virodha

SYNONYMS

gaṅgāte—in the river Ganges; kamala—lotus flower; janme—grows; sabāra—of everyone; subodha—understanding; kamale—in the lotus flower; gaṅgāra—of the Ganges; janma—birth; atyanta—very much; virodha—contradiction.

TRANSLATION

“Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water of the Ganges. But to say that the Ganges takes birth from a lotus flower seems extremely contradictory.

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