Shloka 33
Arjuna’s Lament, the End of the Yadus, and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure
पृथाप्यनुश्रुत्य धनञ्जयोदितं नाशं यदूनां भगवद्गतिं च ताम् । एकान्तभक्त्या भगवत्यधोक्षजे निवेशितात्मोपरराम संसृते: ॥ ३३ ॥
pṛthāpy anuśrutya dhanañjayoditaṁ nāśaṁ yadūnāṁ bhagavad-gatiṁ ca tām ekānta-bhaktyā bhagavaty adhokṣaje niveśitātmopararāma saṁsṛteḥ
पृथा (कुंती) हिने धनंजयाच्या मुखातून यादवांचा नाश आणि भगवानांचे अंतर्धान ऐकून, अधोक्षज भगवंतात एकांत भक्तीने मन पूर्णपणे लावले आणि संसारप्रवाहातून निवृत्त झाली।
The setting of the sun does not mean the end of the sun. It means that the sun is out of our sight. Similarly, the end of the mission of the Lord on a particular planet or universe only means that He is out of our sight. The end of the Yadu dynasty also does not mean that it is annihilated. It disappears, along with the Lord, out of our sight. As Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira decided to prepare to go back to Godhead, so also Kuntī decided, and thus she fully engaged herself in the transcendental devotional service of the Lord which guarantees one a passport for going back to Godhead after quitting this present material body. The beginning of devotional service to the Lord is the beginning of spiritualizing the present body, and thus an unalloyed devotee of the Lord loses all material contact in the present body. The abode of the Lord is not a myth, as is thought by the unbelievers or ignorant people, but one cannot reach there by any material means like a sputnik or space capsule. But one can certainly reach there after leaving this present body, and one must prepare himself to go back to Godhead by practicing devotional service. That guarantees a passport for going back to Godhead, and Kuntī adopted it.
FAQs
This verse states that by ekānta-bhakti—exclusive devotion to Bhagavān Adhokṣaja—Kuntī fixed her entire self in the Lord and thus ceased from material wandering (saṁsṛti).
Arjuna informed her of the Yadus’ destruction and the Lord’s own departure to His supreme destination; hearing this, Kuntī turned inward with one-pointed devotion and detached from worldly life.
Make devotion to the Lord the central priority—regular hearing and remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, steady prayer, and reducing competing attachments—so the mind becomes “niveśitātmā,” fully absorbed in Him.