Our scriptures have extolled the innumerable
auspicious qualities of the Almighty
particularly His boundless compassion,
grace in showering blessings on His
devotees much more than they would
have wished for, great prowess, greatness
and the speed with which He comes
to the rescue of His devotees in distress.
It is said that if we take one step
towards God , He takes 10 steps towards
us. Only thing needed is to pray with
our full heart and show our faith
and earnestness in our rightful pursuits.
He also expects us to be kind not
only to other human beings but to
the animals, birds, etc. The Lord's
great concern for His devotees like
Gajendra and Draupadi for whose help
he came with utmost speed is well
known. As an instance of impartiality
in nature, we see the moon shining
equally in a palace as also in the
forest without any distinction.
The epic Ramayana describes Lord
Rama as the possessor all the auspicious
qualities of which impartiality
had a special place. Ravana's brother
Vibhishana tried to reform the former
but did not succeed. He surrendered
before the Lord . Rama asked the
opinion of Sugriva, Hanuman and
others about admitting Vibhishana
into His fold. Finally when He expressed
His opinion asking Sugriva to bring
not only Vibhishana to His presence
but even the very Ravana if He repented
for His mistake and surrendered.
Since Ravana committed a heinous
crime in abducting Sita, Rama should
not have shown any compassion but
should be concerned only in eliminating
him. But the Lord was impartial
towards his sworn enemy and was
prepared to even pardon him. Such
was the impartiality of the Lord.
Another instance is depicted in
Kamba Ramayanam . In the fierce
war between Rama and Ravana , at
one stage Ravana became exhausted
, lost all his weapons and stood
defenceless. If Rama wanted to kill
Ravana he could have done so easily.
But the Lord showed utmost consideration
towards him as he would to a bosom
friend.
In the Ramayana itself there is
another instance of God's impartiality.
An ordinary citizen of Ayodhya happened
to talk ill of Sita being critical
of Rama accepting Her back after
her stay in Lanka. Rama, the Soverign
emperor need not have heeded the
loose indictment by His subject.
But since He as the ruler felt He
had a duty towards all and treated
everyone alike whether it was His
wife or His subject, He banished
His faultless wife who was pregnant
and sent her to the forest. No one
else would have acted in such a
way under these circumstances.
Similarly, Lord Rama sacrificed
His dear brother Lakshmana adhering
to the virtue of impartiality. At
the fag end of His incarnation,
the Lord of Time in the guise of
a sage sought an interview with
the Lord to tell Him secretly that
He should return to Vaikunta. Lakshmana
was to stand guard and not to allow
anyone during this crucial meeting
, the understanding being whosoever
sees them in conversation or hears
what went on between Rama and the
Lord of Time should be beheaded.
A critical situation came up for
Lakshmana. The great sage Durvasa,
known for his anger came to see
Rama and asked Lakshmana to inform
Rama of his visit. If Lakshmana
disobeyed the sage , he would incur
the curse of the sage which would
be ruinous for their lineage. On
the other hand, if he disturbed
the conversation between Rama and
Time he would lose his life. Anyway,
unmindful of the cosequences , Lakshmana
went in and informed the Lord of
the arrival of Durvasa. At this,
as per the agreement earlier arrived
at, the Lord had to sacrifice His
dear brother. The Sastras have said
the alternative to killing anyone
is to banish him permanently. Thus
Rama had to make the supreme sacrifice
of His very dear brother who was
with Him through thick and thin
as His constant attendant and servant.
This also provides a shining evidence
of the Almighty's impartiality.
In the Mahabharata, before the
Kurukshetra war, both Arjuna and
Duryodhana came to meet Lord Krishna
seeking His help in the ensuing
war. The Lord was sleeping at that
time . Duryodhana came to the side
where the Lord was resting His head
and was seated in a stool. Arjuna
stood at the Lord's feet . On waking
up, Krishna saw Arjuna first and
asked the purpose of his visit,
whereupon Arjuna requested the Lord's
help in the war.
Krishna was informed of the presence
of Duryodhana, who also said he
came to request Krishna's help.
The Lord said that He would help
both of them but He himself without
any army or weapons would be with
one of them, and the other will
have the backing of His army with
chieftains and all the paraphernalia.
The Lord also said since Arjuna
was younger to Duryodhana and on
waking He saw Arjuna first, Arjuna
should first spell his requirement.
On this, as Arjuna knew very well
where the Lord is present victory
will be certain, requested Krishna
to be with the Pandavas.
Duryodhana was happy at Arjuna's
request as he wanted a powerful
army to help him in the war. The
Lord granted their requests. If
He had not been impartial, He would
not have obliged the wicked Duryodhana
with whom Krishna was not favourably
disposed. This is another instance
of God's impartiality.