Bhagvatam:-- Lord says: "I am equal to everyone.No one is dear to Me, nor is anyone My enemy.” Sri Chaitanya Mahäprabhu recommends, kirtaniyaù sadä hariù: one should always engage in krshna-kathä by chanting and talking about Krshna and hearing about Him. That is the only occupation of a Krshna conscious person.
TRANSLATION
King Parikshit inquired: My dear brähmana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, being everyone's well-wisher, is equal and extremely dear to everyone. How, then, did He become partial like a common man for the sake of Indra and thus kill Indra's enemies? How can a person equal to everyone be partial to some and inimical toward others?
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gitä (9.29) the Lord says, samo 'ham sarva-bhüteshu na me dveshyo 'sti na priyaù: "I am equal to everyone.
No one is dear to Me, nor is anyone My enemy.”
In the previous canto, however, it has been observed that the Lord sided with Indra by killing the demons on his account (hata-puträ ditiù sakra-pärshni-grähena vishnunä).
Therefore, the Lord was clearly partial to Indra, although He is the Supersoul in everyone's heart.
The soul is extremely dear to everyone, and similarly the Supersoul is also dear to everyone.
Thus there cannot be any faulty action on the part of the Supersoul.
The Lord is always kind to all living entities, irrespective of form and situation, yet He took the side of Indra just like an ordinary friend.
This was the subject of Parikshit Mahäräja's inquiry.
As a devotee of Lord Krshna, he knew very well that Krshna cannot be partial to anyone, but when he saw that Krshna acted as the enemy of the demons, he was somewhat doubtful.
Therefore he posed this question to Sukadeva Gosvämi for a clear answer.
A devotee cannot accept that Lord Vishnu has material qualifications.
Mahäräja Parikshit knew perfectly well that Lord Vishnu, being transcendental, has nothing to do with material qualities, but to confirm his conviction he wanted to hear from the authority Sukadeva Gosvämi.
Srila Visvanätha Cakravarti Thäkura says, samasya katham vaishamyam: since the Lord is equally disposed toward everyone, how can He be partial? Priyasya katham asureshu prity-abhävaù.
The Lord, being the Supersoul, is extremely dear to everyone.
Why, then, should the Lord display unsympathetic behavior toward the asuras? How is this impartial? Suhrdas cha katham teshv asauhärdam.
Since the Lord says that He is suhrdam sarva-bhütänäm, the well-wisher of all living entities, how could He act with partiality by killing demons? These questions arose in the heart of Parikshit Mahäräja, and therefore he inquired from Sukadeva Gosvämi.
TRANSLATION
O greatly fortunate and learned brähmana, whether Näräyana is partial or impartial has become a subject of great doubt. Kindly dispel my doubt with positive evidence that Näräyana is always neutral and equal to everyone.
PURPORT
Since Lord Näräyana is absolute, His transcendental qualities are described as one. Thus His punishments and His offerings of favor are both of the same value. Essentially, His inimical actions are not displays of enmity toward His so-called enemies, but in the material field one thinks that Krshna is favorable to devotees and unfavorable to nondevotees. When Krshna finally instructs in Bhagavad-gitä, sarva-dharmän parityajya mäm ekam saranam vraja, this is meant not only for Arjuna but for every living entity within this universe.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Sukadeva Gosvämi said: My dear King, you have put before me an excellent question. Discourses concerning the activities of the Lord, in which the glories of His devotees are also found, are extremely pleasing to devotees. Such wonderful topics always counteract the miseries of the materialistic way of life.
Therefore great sages like Närada always speak upon Srimad-Bhägavatam because it gives one the facility to hear and chant about the wonderful activities of the Lord. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Srila Vyäsadeva and then begin describing topics concerning the activities of Lord Hari.
PURPORT
In this verse Sukadeva Gosvämi offers his respectful obeisances krshnäya munaye, which means to Krshna Dvaipäyana Vyäsa. One must first offer one's respectful obeisances to one's spiritual master. Sukadeva Gosvämi's spiritual master is his father, Vyäsadeva, and therefore he first offers his respectful obeisances to Krshna Dvaipäyana Vyäsa and then begins describing topics of Lord Hari.
Whenever there is an opportunity to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord, we must take it. Sri Chaitanya Mahäprabhu recommends, kirtaniyaù sadä hariù: one should always engage in krshna-kathä by chanting and talking about Krshna and hearing about Him. That is the only occupation of a Krshna conscious person.
