### CC Adi 16.83

> গঙ্গার মহত্ত্ব — সাধ্য, সাধন তাহার ।\
> বিষ্ণুপাদোৎপত্তি — ‘অনুমান’ অলঙ্কার ॥৮৩॥

> gaṅgāra mahattva—sādhya, sādhana tāhāra\
> viṣṇu-pādotpatti—'anumāna' alaṅkāra

*gaṅgāra*—of the Ganges; *mahattva*—opulences; *sādhya*—subject matter; *sādhana*—means; *tāhāra*—of that; *viṣṇu-pāda-utpatti*—her origin from the lotus feet of the Lord; *anumāna*—called *anumāna* (hypothesis); *alaṅkāra*—an ornament.

**"The real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. Such a hypothesis is another ornament, called anumāna.**