CC Adi 16.79
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 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.