श्रीराजोवाच सम: प्रिय: सुहृद्ब्रह्मन् भूतानां भगवान् स्वयम् । इन्द्रस्यार्थे कथं दैत्यानवधीद्विषमो यथा ॥ १ ॥
sri-rajovaca samah priyah suhrd brahman bhutanam bhagavan svayam indrasyarthe katham daityan avadhid visamo yatha
- sri-raja uvaca
- Maharaja Pariksit said
- samah
- equal
- priyah
- beloved
- suhrt
- friend
- brahman
- O brahmana (Sukadeva)
- bhutanam
- toward all living entities
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Lord, Visnu
- svayam
- Himself
- indrasya
- of Indra
- arthe
- for the benefit
- katham
- how
- daityan
- the demons
- avadhit
- killed
- visamah
- partial
- yatha
- as if.
King Pariksit inquired: My dear brahmana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, 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?