'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.