SB 1.15.32 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 32
Nisamya bhagawat margam samstham yadukulasya cha Swah pathaya matim chakre nibhritatma yudhisthirah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Nisamya—deliberating, Bhagawat—in the matter of the Lord, Margam—the ways of his appearance and disappearance, Samstham—end, Yadukulasya—of the dynasty of King Yadu, Cha—also, Swah—the abode of the Lord, Pathaya—on the way of, Chakre—gave attention, Nibhritatma—lonely and alone, Yudhisthirah—the king of the name.
TRANSLATION
Just hearing about Lord Krishna' s returuing back to His abode and on understanding of the end of Yadu dynasty's earthly manifestation, Maharaj Yudhisthir decided alone for going back to Home back to Godhead.
PURPORT
Maharaj Yudhisthir also turned His attention on the instructions of the Bhagwat Geeta after hearing about Lord's departure from the vision of the earthly people. He began to deliberate on the matter of the Lord's way of appearance and departure. The mission of the Lord's appearance and disappearance in the mortal universe is completely dependant on His Supreme will. He does not appear or disappear forced by any other superior energy as the living beings do appear and disappear being forced by the laws of nature. Whenever the Lord likes, He can appear Himself from anywhere and everywhere without disturbing His appearance and disappearance in any other place. He is like the sun. The sun appears and disappears by its own accord at any place without disturbing its presence in other place. The sun appears in the morning of India without disappearing itself in the western hemisphere. The sun is present everywhere and anywhere all over the universe but it so appears in a particular place that the sun appeared in the morning at some fixed time and also disappeared at some fixed time. The time limitation even of the sun has no concern with it and then what so speak about the Supreme Lord Who is the creator and controller of the sun. Therefore, in the Bhagwat Geeta it is stated as follows about the appearance and disappearance of the Lord by the Lord Himself. He says there that anyone who understands factually about the transcendental appearance and disappearance of the Lord by His inconcievable energy, becomes liberated from the laws of birth and death and is placed in the eternal spiritual sky wherein the Vaikuntha planets are there and such liberated persons can eternally live there without the pangs of birth, death, old age and diseases. In the spiritual sky the Lord and those who are eternally engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, all are eternally young because there is no old age and diseases and therefore there is no death also. Because there is no death there is no birth also. It is concluded therefore that simply by understanding about the Lord's appearance and disappearance in truth one can attain such perfectional stage of eternal life and therefore, Maharaj Yudhisthir also began to consider about his going back to Godhead. The Lord appears on the earth or any other mortal planet along with His associates who live with Him eternally and the members of the Yadu family who were engaged in supplementing the pastimes of the Lord are no other than His eternal associates and so also Maharaj Yudhisthir and his brothers and mother etc. As appearance and disappearance of the Lord and His eternal associates are all transcendental, so one may not be bewildered by the external features of such appearance and disappearance.