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The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
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energy to execute His mission of incarnation. It is also stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , Fourth Chapter, that the Lord and His eternal associates descend on the earth many times, but the Lord remembers all the different roles of incarnations, whereas the associates, by His supreme will, forget them. Similarly, the Lord takes away with Him all His associates when He disappears from the earth. The power and energy which were bestowed upon Arjuna were required for fulfillment of the mission of the Lord, but when His mission was fulfilled, the emergency powers were withdrawn from Arjuna because the astounding powers of Arjuna, which were astonishing even to the denizens of heaven, were no longer required, and they were now meant for going back home, back to Godhead. If endowment of powers and withdrawal of powers by the Lord are possible even for a great devotee like Arjuna, or even the demigods in heaven, then what to speak of the ordinary living beings who are but figs compared to such great souls. The lesson is, therefore, that no one should be puffed up for his borrowed powers from the Lord. The same man should rather feel obliged to the Lord for such benefaction and must utilize such power for the service of the Lord. Such power can be withdrawn at any time by the Lord, so the best use of such power and opulence is to engage them in the service of the Lord.
TEXT 6
यस्य क्षणवियोगेन लोको ह्यप्रियदर्शनः । उक्थेन रहितो ह्येष मृतकः प्रोन्यते यथा ॥ ६ ॥
yasya kṣaṇa-viyogena loko hy apriya-darśanaḥ ukthena rahito hy eṣa mṛtakaḥ procyate yathā
yasya —whose;  kṣaṇa —a moment;  viyogena —by separation;  lokaḥ —all the universe;  hi —certainly;  apriya-darśanaḥ —everything appears unfavorable;  ukthena —by life;  rahitaḥ —being devoid of;  hi —certainly;  eṣaḥ —all these bodies;  mṛtakaḥ —dead bodies;  procyate —are designated;  yathā —as it were.
TRANSLATION
I have just lost Him whose separation for a moment would render all the universes unfavorable and void, as bodies without life.