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Ādi 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
CC Ādi 16.83
gaṅgāra mahattva — sādhya, sādhana tāhāra
viṣṇu-pādotpatti — ‘anumāna’ alaṅkāra
Word for word:
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.
Translation:
“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.
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