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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.83
গঙ্গার মহত্ত্ব—সাধ্য, সাধন তাহার ।
বিষ্ণুপাদোৎপত্তি—‘অনুমান’ অলঙ্কার ॥ ৮৩ ॥
gaṅgāra mahattva — sādhya, sādhana tāhāra
viṣṇu-pādotpatti — ‘anumāna’ alaṅkāra
“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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Mother Ganges has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu.
This origin is described as her real glory.
The statement presents this hypothesis as a literary ornament called anumāna.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This chapter also describes the Lord’s argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord’s criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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