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"name":"Cc. Ādi 16.82", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 16.82", "label":"Text 82", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 16.82", "description":"\" 'Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water but water never grows from a lotus. All such contradictions, however, are wonderfully possible in Kṛṣṇa: the great river Ganges has grown from His lotus feet.'"
} —
Cc. Ādi 16.82
Text
ambujam ambuni jātaṁ kvacid api na jātam ambujād ambu
mura-bhidi tad-viparītaṁ pādāmbhojān mahā-nadī jātā
Synonyms
ambujam—lotus flower; ambuni—in the water; jātam—is grown; kvacit—at any time; api—certainly; na—not; jātam—grown; ambujāt—from a lotus flower; ambu—water; mura-bhidi—in Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Murāsura; tat-viparītam—just the opposite of that; pāda-ambhojāt—from the lotus flower of His feet; mahā-nadī—the great river; jātā—has grown.
Translation
“ 'Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water but water never grows from a lotus. All such contradictions, however, are wonderfully possible in Kṛṣṇa: the great river Ganges has grown from His lotus feet.'