" When everyone reads the Bhagawad Gita , I shall mention one problem
that might confront you therein. Krishna declares, "Samoham Sarvabhuutheshu" -
"I am equal in all beings. I behave equally with all. I have no love or hate,
no partiality or prejudice. Joy and grief are brought on by you on yourselves,
not by me on you, through attachment or want of it." When such is His
declaration a doubt may arise in your minds: Why did He also announce that He
would be incarnating in every age, in order to foster the good and punish the
wicked? How is it that He talks of good and bad men? Does it not mean that He
likes some and dislikes other? Are not all parts of Him? Are not the waves
parts of the ocean?
Yes. All are parts of Him. The hand is yours; the fingers are yours; the
nails are yours. Why then do you pare and trim the nails? Urine and faeces are
in you, of you, but yet you have to get rid of them, to maintain health. Under
certain circumstances, one has to cut off a limb in order to save the body. In
fact, the Kauravas were dangerous viruses that had caused a spreading wound;
Krishna had to operate them off, through major surgery, with Arjuna as His
'assistant operator,' in order to save the 'body politic' of Bhaarath.
When one is sunk in the slime of 'desire' one cannot distinguish with
clarity between 'good' and 'bad.' In order to achieve this, the intellect has
to be pure and clear, sharp and straight. There should not be the slightest
trace of egotism, envy or greed in the make-up of man; for these will drag the
arguments at a tangent. Vacillating minds, wandering eyes - these cannot help
the intellect to decide correctly.
- From Bhagawan's Birthday Discourse in 1973
