Is Krishna partial because he responds only those who call out?

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so is Krishna partial because only when we call out he responds and if somebody doesn’t have the nature to call out, then will Krishna not respond firstly Krishna is impartially partial what that means is he is definitely partial there is no doubt I give so much mercy to my devotees Muktin dadhati karichit bhakti yogam I give liberation to my devotees, not to others so Krishna’s partiality is definitely there, but then he is impartial because he opens the doors for devotion to everyone so I’ll explain this what I mean by this, that Krishna is impartially partial so Krishna is partial in the sense that he favors his devotees and there is no denying, the scriptures talk so much about how he favors his devotees but he is impartial in the sense that he opens the doors of devotion to everyone so I’ll give two examples to illustrate this going back to the earlier example of how a beggar is there and a donor is there so now suppose that donor they want to give charity to everyone, like what Prabhupada said we would like that around a 10 plus 10 miles around, no one should go hungry so now the donor may give charity to everyone but it may be that near their own home the donor may be especially charitable I’ll give money to everyone but in this area, I want to make sure at least in this area, I want to have around my home, I want to have hunger free zone so now if the donor also makes it clear anybody can come and stay here if you stay here, I’ll take care of your food so he is partial in the sense that he is not giving so much charity to everyone but he is impartial in the sense that he is allowing everyone to come and stay there so similarly Krishna, he is partial to his devotees but he is impartial in the sense that he opens the doors of devotion to everyone so now coming specifically to the point of somebody may not have the nature to call out so calling out is not just a matter of literally raising our hands and calling out that is also calling out but that is not the only reason, we can call out through our endeavors also that means that if somebody is very diligently doing some service then that also is a way we can attract Krishna’s attention so calling out doesn’t depend on the volume with which I am chanting calling out is actually more a call of the heart than the call of the tongue so for some people, it may be true that some people are maybe a little more introvert, so for them loud Kirtans they can’t relate with it so much they feel a little shy to do that now of course Sankirtan is our process and we follow that but sometimes people who are too too conscious of others they cannot express their heart too much among many people so it may be that kind they may pray to Krishna when the crowds are less, they may go in front of deities and pray the point I am making is there is always room for individuality in Bhakti there is a standard process but within the standard process there is room for adaptation if we look at the five Pandavas now all of them are singular individuals each of them is so different they are all serving Krishna but they are different so that individuality is there so in terms of being very expressive, if you think of calling out simply as being very expressive in calling out that may not be the nature for everyone but calling out in terms of a call of the heart which different people may express in different ways that is fine so for some people I will talk a little bit more about this in the next verse when we talk about sentimentality for some people I will elaborate it later only for some people the emotions may not come very quickly they may be a little more reserved so those emotions it is just not that just because for some people emotions come very quickly that does not mean that they are calling out to Krishna more earnestly it may not be like that so we will talk about emotions a little bit later but the important thing is bhakti is inclusive now whatever be our psychophysical nature within that we can connect with Krishna so our calling out to Krishna may not be all that expressive in terms of external gestures but if we at least recognize that I need Krishna’s mercy and I will strive for Krishna’s mercy then that is what we need to do does it answer your question? I really like this quote of we are unqualified but