Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.72.19
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyTolerance, Generosity and Equal Vision
“What can the tolerant not bear? What will the wicked not do? What will the generous not give in charity? And who will those of equal vision see as an outsider?”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas answered possible objections to their request. For a tolerant person, they said, nothing is intolerable.
- For the generous, nothing is beyond giving in charity. This answered possible reluctance to give something deeply valued.
- For those with equal vision, no one is an outsider. Thus the guests encouraged Jarāsandha to grant their request without further discussion.
Try this today
Offer one small kindness today to someone outside your usual circle.
Ask yourself
Do I withhold kindness because I regard someone as an outsider?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.