Disappearance pastimes

Respected Swamiji and all Vaisnavas,

   Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Jaya Visnupada Srila Prabhupada!

Jaya Swami Gaurangpada!

All glories to the guru parampara!

All glories to the Vaisnavas!

     Regarding the departure of the Pandavas to the spiritual world, there are a few differences between Srimad Bhagavatam and Mahabharata. In the Mahabharata it is said they went to Svargaloka and in the Bhagavatam it is said that they attained the spiritual world in their self-same bodies.

    In the Mahabharata, Kunti goes along with Dhritarashtra and Gandhari and the three of them pass away in a forest fire.

    In the Srimad Bhagavatam though, only Dhirtarashtra and Gandhari go alone and Dhirtarashtra generates a fire from his yogic power and burns up his body along with Gandhari and the asrama and attains impersonal Brahman liberation. Kunti on the other hand hears the disappearance of Lord Krishna from Arjuna's talk with Yudhisthira, and then after fully engages in devotional service while the Pandavas leave.

   What I want to know is that are these differences because in each appearance, the Lord and his associate perform their pastimes in a slightly different manner?

    Srimad Bhagavatam mentions Lord Krishna's disappearance though And the other thing is that why none of the biographical scriptures on Lord Caitanya describe his disappearance pastimes along with his associates? Is it because these pastimes are beyond the understanding of this material world?

Always in doubt,

Srinath

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