sarve tam anunirjagmur
bhrÄtaraḥ ká¹›ta-niÅ›cayÄḥ
kalinÄdharma-mitreṇa
dṛṣá¹vÄ spṛṣá¹Äḥ prajÄ bhuvi
sarve - all his younger brothers; tam - him; anunirjagmuḥ - left home by following the elder; bhrÄtaraḥ - brothers; ká¹›ta-niÅ›cayÄḥ - decidedly; kalinÄ - by the age of Kali; adharma - principle of irreligion; mitreṇa - by the friend; dṛṣá¹vÄ - observing; spṛṣá¹Äḥ - having overtaken; prajÄḥ - all citizens; bhuvi - on the earth.
The younger brothers of MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira were already obedient followers of the great Emperor, and they had sufficiently been trained to know the ultimate goal of life. They therefore decidedly followed their eldest brother in rendering devotional service to Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. According to the principles of sanÄtana-dharma, one must retire from family life after half the duration of life is finished and must engage himself in self-realization. But the question of engaging oneself is not always decided. Sometimes retired men are bewildered about how to engage themselves for the last days of life. Here is a decision by authorities like the PÄṇá¸avas. All of them engaged themselves in favorably culturing the devotional service of the Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to SvÄmÄ« ÅšrÄ«dhara, dharma, artha, kÄma and moká¹£a, or fruitive activities, philosophical speculations and salvation, as conceived by several persons, are not the ultimate goal of life. They are more or less practiced by persons who have no information of the ultimate goal of life. The ultimate goal of life is already indicated by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (18.64), and the PÄṇá¸avas were intelligent enough to follow it without hesitation.