Vajradapi Kathorani (Harder Than Diamond, Softer Than a Flower) — Complete Lyrics
वज्रादपि कठोराणि
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
वज्रादपि कठोराणि मृदूनि कुसुमादपि।
लोकोत्तराणां चेतांसि को नु विज्ञातुमर्हति॥
vajrād api kaṭhorāṇi mṛdūni kusumād api।
lokottarāṇāṁ cetāṁsi ko nu vijñātum arhati॥
Harder than a thunderbolt, yet softer than a flower — who can ever truly fathom the hearts of the great and extraordinary souls? The verse marvels that the noblest beings are at once unbreakably firm in the face of adversity and exquisitely tender in compassion, a paradox beyond ordinary understanding.
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