Impartiality and intimacy stated in the same breath. The verse has been read as a tension, how can God be equal to all and closer to some?, and the standard resolution is that the difference is in the devotee, not in God.
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TextI am the same to all beings: to Me there is none hateful or dear. But those who worship Me with devotion, are in Me, and I too am in them. 1 Reference Scheme Connections
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Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda
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1. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary
Swami Swarupananda, Advaita Ashrama / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1909Bhagavad Gita 9:29View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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