मन्ये त्वां कालमीशानमनादिनिधनं विभुम् ।
समं चरन्तं सर्वत्र भूतानां यन्मिथः कलिः ॥२८॥

manye tvÄá¹ kÄlam īśÄnam
anÄdi-nidhanaá¹ vibhum
samaá¹ carantaá¹ sarvatra
bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ yan mithaḥ kaliḥ


Text

I consider you to be destroyer of the offenders, the controller, without beginning or end, the most powerful, equal to all, moving everywhere in all living beings, and the abode of conflicting qualities.

Purport

This verse describes the Lord’s destruction (kalam) of those who offend his devotees. You are not unjust (samam) because you show attachment to the devotee, indifference to matter, assistance to some and destruction to others. Yad mithah kalih means “in whom there is conflict because the Lord gives suffering and bliss, he is equal and prejudiced, is unmerciful and merciful.â€