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ARTICLES - The Impartiality Of The Almighty LIST ALL
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.