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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.46
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 46
- te sādhu-kṛta-sarvārthā
- jñātvātyantikam ātmanaḥ
- manasā dhārayām āsur
- vaikuṇṭha-caraṇāmbujam
teall of them — all of them; sādhuhaving performed everything worthy of a saint-kṛtahaving performed everything worthy of a saint — having performed everything worthy of a saint; sarvathat which includes everything worthy-arthāḥthat which includes everything worthy — that which includes everything worthy; jñātvāknowing it well — knowing it well; ātyantikamthe ultimate — the ultimate; ātmanaḥof the living being — of the living being; manasāwithin the mind — within the mind; dhārayāmsustained āsuḥsustained — sustained; vaikuṇṭhathe Lord of the spiritual sky — the Lord of the spiritual sky; caraṇathe lotus feet-ambujamthe lotus feet — the lotus feet.
They all had performed all the principles of religion and as a result rightly decided that the lotus feet of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa are the supreme goal of all. Therefore they meditated upon His feet without interruption.
In the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.28, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.) the Lord says that only those who have done pious deeds in previous lives and have become freed from the results of all impious acts can concentrate upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The Pāṇḍavas, not only in this life but also in their previous lives, had always performed the supreme pious work, and thus they are ever free from all the reactions of impious work. It is quite reasonable, therefore, that they concentrated their minds upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. According to Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī, dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa principles are accepted by persons who are not free from the results of impious action. Such persons affected with the contaminations of the above four principles cannot at once accept the lotus feet of the Lord in the spiritual sky. The Vaikuṇṭha world is situated far beyond the material sky. The material sky is under the management of Durgā Devī, or the material energy of the Lord, but the Vaikuṇṭha world is managed by the personal energy of the Lord.