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The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
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associates forget due to their being very minute parts and parcels of the Lord; they are apt to forget such incidences due to being infinitesimal. This is corroborated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 4.5).
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द्रौपदी च तदाऽऽज्ञाय पतीनामनरेक्षताम् । वासुदेवे भगवति ह्येकान्तमतिराप तम् ॥५०॥
draupadī ca tadājñāya patīnām anapekṣatām vāsudeve bhagavati hy ekānta-matir āpa tam
draupadī —Draupadī (the wife of the Pāṇḍavas);  ca —and;  tadā —at that time;  ājñāya —knowing Lord Kṛṣṇa fully well;  patīnām —of the husbands;  anapekṣatām —who did not care for her;  vāsudeve —unto Lord Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa);  bhagavati —the Personality of Godhead;  hi —exactly;  eka-anta —absolutely;  matiḥ —concentration;  āpa —got;  tam —Him (the Lord).
TRANSLATION
Draupadī also saw that her husbands, without caring for her, were leaving home. She knew well about Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. Both she and Subhadrā became absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and attained the same results as their husbands.
PURPORT
When flying an airplane in outer space, one cannot take care of other planes. Everyone has to take care of his own plane, and if there is any danger, no other plane can help another in that condition. Similarly, at the end of life when one has to go back to home, back to Godhead, everyone has to take care of himself without help rendered to another. The help is, however, offered on ground before flying in space. Similarly, the spiritual master, the father, the mother, the relatives, the husband, etc., can all render help during one's lifetime, but while crossing the sea one has to take care of himself and utilize the instructions formerly received. Draupadī had five husbands, and no one asked Draupadī to come, but Draupadī had to take care of herself without waiting for her great husbands. And because