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CC Adi 16.79 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 79

'gaṅgāte kamala janme'--sabāra subodha
'kamale gaṅgara 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.