CC Adi 16.82

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

CC Adi 16.81

CC Adi 16.83

His Divine Grace
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.’