অম্বুজমম্বুনি জাতং ক্বচিদ্ অপি ন জাতমম্বুজাদম্বু মুরভিদি তদ্বিপরীতং পাদাম্ভোজান্মহানদী জাতা
अम्बुजमम्बुनि जातं क्वचिद् अपि न जातमम्बुजादम्बु मुरभिदि तद्विपरीतं पादाम्भोजान्महानदी जाता
ambujam ambuni jātaṁ kvacid api na jātam ambujād ambu 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 the killer of Murāsura (Kṛṣṇa); 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.