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1.15 The Pandavas Retire Timely with Radhika Ramana Dasa
Episode 15
Monday, 15 December, 2025
In this episode of the Bhagavata Podcast, Bhrigupada Dasa (Dr Måns Broo) welcomes back Radhika Ramana Dasa (Dr Ravi Gupta) to explore Canto 1, Chapter 15: The Pandavas Retire Timely. Beginning with Arjuna’s confirmation of Krishna’s departure, the conversation traces grief, remembrance, and vipralambha, love intensified through separation. Through close reading and lived reflection, the episode explores how loss dismantles worldly identity and reveals Arjuna’s deeper identity as Krishna’s friend.The dialogue moves through luminous Sanskrit verses, the withdrawal of divine power, Draupadi’s agency, and the Bhagavata’s post-Mahabharata clearing of the stage. The chapter closes by returning to the Bhagavad Gita within the Bhagavata and the phala shruti promise: devotion to Hari as the true perfection.Chapters00:05 Welcome03:20 Krishna Departs08:10 Naming Krishna14:00 Love in Separation19:40 Power Withdrawn24:30 Humbling Loss31:45 True Identity38:20 World Without Krishna45:00 When to Renounce56:30 Devotion as the GoalSend us a text
