12. Bewildering Pastimes
na veda kaścid bhagavamś cikīrṣitam tavehamānasya nṛṇām viḍambanam na yasya kaścid dayito 'sti karhicid dveṣyaś ca yasmin viṣamā matir nṛṇām
O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and so are misleading. You have no specific object of favor, nor do You have any object of envy. People only imagine that You are partial.
— Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.29
The Lord's mercy upon the fallen souls is equally distributed. He has no one as the specific object of hostility. The very conception of the Personality of Godhead as a human being is misleading. His pastimes  appear  to be exactly like a human being's, but actually they are transcendental and without any tinge of material contamination. He is undoubtedly known as partial to His pure devotees, but in fact He is never partial, as much as the sun is never partial to anyone. By utilizing the sunrays, sometimes even the stones become valuable, whereas a blind man
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