Text 13] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 21

Lord’s impartiality. He is suhrdarh sarva-bhitanam, the friend of every-
one. 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 Patana as an enemy, but because of
His being the supreme controller, she attained an exalted position as His
mother. Srila Madhva Muni therefore remarks, kale kala-visaye ‘pisitd.
dehadi-kdranatvat surdnikam iva sthitam sattvam. Ordinarily a mur-
derer is hanged, and in the Manu-sarnhita 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. Krsna, the supreme judge, deals with
matters in a similar way because He is the supreme controller. The con-
clusion, therefore, is that the Lord is always impartial and always very
kind to all living entities.

TEXT 13

ataera: wafer: = axfion |
MA HEHE TH FSASTATTAT 112 31

atraivodéhrtah pirvam
itihdsah surarsina

pritya mahdé-kratau rajan
prechate jata-Satrave

atra—in this connection; eva—certainly; uddhrtah—was recited;
purvam—previously; itihdsah—an old story; sura-rsind—by the great
sage Narada; pritya—with joy; mahd-kratau—at the great Rajasiya
sacrifice; rajan—O King; prcechate—to the inquiring; ajata-satrave —
Maharaja Yudhisthira, who had no enemy.

TRANSLATION

Formerly, O King, when Maharaja Yudhisthira was performing
the Rajasiya sacrifice, the great sage Narada, responding to his in-
quiry, recited historical facts showing how the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is always impartial, even when killing demons.
In this regard he gave a vivid example.
