Text 13] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
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Lord's impartiality. He is  suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām , the friend of everyone. Therefore partiality cannot apply to the character of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who always maintains His position as the supreme controller. The Lord killed Pūtanā as an enemy, but because of His being the supreme controller, she attained an exalted position as His mother. Srīla Madhva Muni therefore remarks,  kāle kāla-viṣaye 'pīśitā. dehādi-kāraṇatvāt surānīkam iva sthitaṁ sattvam . Ordinarily a murderer is hanged, and in the  Manu-saṁhitā  it is said that a king bestows mercy upon a murderer by killing him, thus saving him from various kinds of suffering. Because of his sinful activities, such a murderer is killed by the mercy of the king. Kṛṣṇa, the supreme judge, deals with matters in a similar way because He is the supreme controller. The conclusion, therefore, is that the Lord is always impartial and always very kind to all living entities.
TEXT 13
अत्रैवोदाहृतः पूर्वमितिहासः सुरर्षिणा । प्रीत्या महाक्रतौ राजन् पृच्छतेऽजातशत्रवे ॥१३॥
atraivodāhṛtaḥ pūrvam itihāsaḥ surarṣiṇā prītyā mahā-kratau rājan pṛcchate 'jāta-śatrave
atra —in this connection;  eva —certainly;  udāhṛtaḥ —was recited;  pūrvam —previously;  itihāsaḥ —an old story;  sura-ṛṣiṇā —by the great sage Nārada;  prītyā —with joy;  mahā-kratau —at the great Rājasūya sacrifice;  rājan —O King;  pṛcchate —to the inquiring;  ajāta-śatrave —Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, who had no enemy.
TRANSLATION
Formerly, O King, when Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was performing the Rājasūya sacrifice, the great sage Nārada, responding to his inquiry, recited historical facts showing how the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always impartial, even when killing demons. In this regard he gave a vivid example.