Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 7.73
Great hearts can hold apparent contradictions
“The hearts of those above common behavior are sometimes harder than a thunderbolt and sometimes softer than a flower. How can one accommodate such contradictions in great personalities?”
What the purport teaches
- The hearts of those above common behavior can sometimes be harder than a thunderbolt.
- Those same hearts can sometimes be softer than a flower.
- The verse asks how we can accommodate these apparent contradictions in great personalities.
Try this today
Read the verse’s closing question aloud and pause before trying to answer it.
Ask yourself
How willing am I to leave room for qualities in great personalities that I cannot easily reconcile?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.