Verse Text
yathā vā –
ripur api yadi śuddho maṇḍanīyas tavāsau
yaduvara yadi duṣṭo daṇḍanīyaḥ suto ’pi |
na punar akhila-bhartuḥ pakṣapātojjhitasya
kvacid api viṣamaṁ te ceṣṭitaṁ jāghaṭīti ||122||
Translation
Another example: O best of the Yadus, if Your enemy does something correctly You reward him, and if Your son becomes spoiled You punish him. You are the protector of all people and without prejudice. Thus partiality can never occur in Your actions.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
If the enemy does something correctly, without fault (śuddha), You reward him, and if Your son does something wrong, You punish him. Favoritism of either party (pakṣapataḥ) means to favor one party without good reasons.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In another prayer it is said, “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, best of all the Yadu dynasty, You are so impartial that if even Your enemy is qualified, You will reward him; and if one of Your sons is a culprit, You will chastise him. This is Your business, because You are the supreme author of the universes. You have no partiality. If anyone finds any partiality in Your characteristics, he is surely mistaken.”