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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.72
মহানুভাবের চিত্তের স্বভাব এই হয় ।
পুষ্প-সম কোমল, কঠিন বজ্রময় ॥ ৭২ ॥
mahānubhāvera cittera svabhāva ei haya
puṣpa-sama komala, kaṭhina vajra-maya
This is the nature of the mind of an uncommon personality. Sometimes it is soft like a flower, but sometimes it is as hard as a thunderbolt.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The mind of an uncommon personality may sometimes be soft like a flower.
At other times, it may be as hard as a thunderbolt.
These qualities are reconciled in the behavior of a great personality; they do not have to be viewed separately.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was beginning His tour, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave Him four sets of clothes and requested Him to see Rāmānanda Rāya, who was residing at that time on the bank of the river Godāvarī. Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I expect a great personality to show only tenderness and never firmness?
Reflect for one minute on the flower and thunderbolt images, allowing both to inform your understanding of greatness.
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