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’gangate kamala janme’--sabara subodha
’kamale gangara janma’--atyanta virodha
SYNONYMS
gangate—in the river Ganges; kamala—lotus flower; janme—grows; sabara—of everyone; subodha—understanding; kamale—in the lotus flower; gangara—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.