ambujam ambuni jātaṁ kvacid api na jātam ambujād ambu
mura-bhidi tad-viparītaṁ pādāmbhojān mahā-nadī jātā
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.'