Vigyana, Retirement

Verse 1.15.45 (Srinivas Pendyala Prji):

* We have been seeing how MY prepared to give up his kingdom and merged his mind, senses, material body to exclusively meditate on the SPG.
* SP: One who only thinks himself brahman is an impersonalist, but one who acts according to that thinking is a self-realized soul, a pure devotee.
* That's why MY decided to go beyond all the material realms to exclusively meditate on the SPG.
* In this shloka, we are seeing how the younger brothers decided to follow him. This is not on a bodily platform, not because he was their brother. Actually, they are following because: mahajana yena gatha su pantha. They followed a great person who has exclusively taken shelter of Krishna.
* SP: They were already trained in understanding goal of life.
* Gyana and vigyana: Both Pandavas and Kauravas went to the same school to learn vedic knowledge. Just acquiring knowledge is not enough, but practising it and applying it in service of the Lord, only leads to Vigyana.
* HHRNS: Devotional service means no ulterior motives, that is Vigyana.
* SP discusses a second aspect here: Retirement from family life. So many ppl don't know how to retire.
Pandavas were ruling the entire world. But on time, they gave up everything to retire themselves into the forests to meditate on Lord Krishna. This was possible for them, cause they did everything in their entire life only to please Krishna. They considered everything as a property to Krishna and every service that they did was for Krishna.
* And why did they do all this: Because they understood the goal of life. And what is that goal: BG 18.64.
* Krishna said: Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.