—json {
"name":"Cc. Ādi 16.79", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 16.79", "label":"Text 79", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 16.79", "description":"\"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."
} —
'gaṅgāte kamala janme'—sabāra subodha
'kamale gaṅgara janma'—atyanta virodha
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.
“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.