### CC Adi 16.79

> ‘গঙ্গাতে কমল জন্মে’ — সবার সুবোধ ।\
> ‘কমলে গঙ্গার জন্ম’ — অত্যন্ত বিরোধ ॥৭৯॥

> '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.**