Understanding how God is equal even when he seems partial
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So I spoke on the topic of how the equality of Lord Shiva is not appreciated by Daksha because Daksha is envious of Lord Shiva. So generally we can detect envy within us when we feel unhappy on seeing others praised or glorified and try to pull them down from their position or try to laugh at them for where they are at. And the Lord's qualities are manifested in His devotees and in the Devatas.
So for the purpose of establishing Siddhanta, we stress the abhed aspect that everybody is not God. But in specific context, the abhed aspect may also be stressed. So here Prabhupada uses a verse that talks about Krishna's quality to illustrate the quality of Lord Shiva.
So wherever, whatever is required for people to elevate themselves upwards, we do that. In pure devotional service, we do recognize that worship of Devata is not required. But that does not mean worship of Devata is demoniac.
It is also appropriate for people at a particular level. Then I talked about how Krishna is impartial but that is not stone-like neutrality. It is personal reciprocity.
So Krishna we can say is partial to His devotees but He opens the doors for devotion for everyone and therefore He is impartially partial. God does not have favourites. God does not play favourites but He does have favourites.
And lastly I talked about when we feel that there is partiality in the devotee community, it may well be just reciprocity. Somebody is taking up more responsibility and then they give entrusted more facility because of that. And sometimes circumstantially we are not getting particular facilities.
Rather than just harping on it, we can focus on the transcendent beyond the circumstantial and transcendental. Krishna is watching and Krishna will reciprocate with our dedication, our devotion in due course. As He did with Prabhupada who had practically no facilities for 40 years and then He was blessed with extraordinary success in the last decade of His life.
Thank you very much. Om Shanti. Om Shanti.