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  "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."

} —

Cc. Ādi 16.79

Text

'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.