20 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

anikam—numbers of demigods; iva—certainly; edhayati—causes to in-
crease; atah—hence; tat-pratyanikan—inimical to them; asuran—the
demons; sura-priyah—being the friend of the demigods; rajah-
tamaskan—covered by passion and ignorance; praminoti—destoys; uru-
Sravah—whose glories are widespread.

TRANSLATION

O King, this time factor enhances the sattva-guna. Thus al-
though the Supreme Lord is the controller, He favors the
demigods, who are mostly situated in sattva-guna. Then the
demons, who are influenced by tamo-guna, are annihilated. The
Supreme Lord induces the time factor to act in different ways, but
He is never partial. Rather, His activities are glorious, therefore

He is called UruSrava.

PURPORT
The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (9.29), samo "harn sarva-bhitesu na

me dvesyo ’sti na priyah: “I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am
equal to all.”” The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be partial; He
is always equal to everyone. Therefore when the demigods are favored
and the demons killed, this is not His partiality but the influence of the
time factor. A good example in this regard is that an electrician connects
both a heater and a cooler to the same electrical energy. The cause of the
heating and cooling is the electrician’s manipulation of the electrical en-
ergy according to his desire, but factually the electrician has nothing to
do with causing heat or cold, nor with the enjoyment or suffering that
results.

There have been many historical incidents in which the Lord killed a
demon, but the demon attained a higher position by the mercy of the
Lord. Pitana is an example. Pitand’s purpose was to kill Krsna. Aho
baki yarn stana-kdla-kiitam. She approached the house of Nanda
Maharaja with the purpose of killing Krsna by smearing poison on her
breast, yet when she was killed she attained the highest position, achiev-
ing the status of Krsna’s mother. Krsna is so kind and impartial that be-
cause he sucked Piitana’s breast, He immediately accepted her as His
mother. This superfluous activity of killing Piatana did not diminish the
