Text 50] The Pandavas Retire Timely 831

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-gita (Bg. 4.5).

TEXT 50

RY A ARISTA TAATTATT IAT |
qeat wate aareaatany Ay lltoll

draupadi ca tadajnaya
patinam anapeksatam
vasudeve bhagavati
hy ekanta-matir apa tam

draupadi—Draupadi (the wife of the Pandavas); ca—and; tada—at that
time; ajiaya—knowing Lord Krsna fully well; patinam—of the husbands;
anapeksatam—who did not care for her; vésudeve—unto Lord Vasudeva
(Krsna); bhagavati—the Personality of Godhead; hi—exactly; eka-anta—
absolutely ; matih— concentration; apa— got; tam—Him (the Lord).

TRANSLATION

Draupadi also saw that her husbands, without caring for her, were
leaving home. She knew well about Lord Vasudeva, Krsna, the Personality
of Godhead. Both she and Subhadra became absorbed in thoughts of

Krsna 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. Draupadi
had five husbands, and no one asked Draupadi to come, but Draupadi had
to take care of herself without waiting for her great husbands. And because
