gaá¹…gÄra mahattva — sÄdhya, sÄdhana tÄhÄra
viṣṇu-pÄdotpatti — 'anumÄna' alaá¹…kÄra

 gaá¹…gÄra - of the Ganges; mahattva - opulences; sÄdhya - subject matter; sÄdhana - means; tÄhÄra - of that; viṣṇu-pÄda-utpatti - her origin from the lotus feet of the Lord; anumÄna - called anumÄna (hypothesis); alaá¹…kÄra - an ornament.


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“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 anumÄna.

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