CC Adi 16.83 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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 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.