Ādi 16.79

TEXT 79

TEXT

'গঙ্গাতে কমল জন্মে'-সবার সুবোধ ।
'কমলে গঙ্গার জন্ম'-অত্যন্ত বিরোধ ॥ ৭৯ ॥

'gaṅgate kamala janme'-sabara subodha

'kamale gaṅgara janma'-atyanta virodha

SYNONYMS

gaṅgate-in the River Ganges; kamala-lotus flower; janme-grows; sabara-of everyone; subodha-understanding; kamale-in the lotus flower; gaṅgara-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.

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