CC ADI 16.79
'gaṅgāte kamala janme'-sabāra subodha
'kamale gaṅgara janma'-atyanta virodha
'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.