gaṅgāte - in the river Ganges; kamala - lotus flower; janme - grows; sabāra - of everyone; subodha - understanding; kamale - in the lotus flower; gaṅgāra - 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.