SB 1.15.46

ते साधुकृतसर्वार्था ज्ञात्वात्यन्तिकमात्मनः ।
मनसा धारयामासुर्वैकुण्ठचरणाम्बुजम् ॥ ४६ ॥

te sādhu-kṛta-sarvārthā jñātvātyantikam ātmanaḥ
manasā dhārayāmāsur vaikuṇṭha-caraṇāmbujam

Synonyms

te — they [the Pāṇḍavas²⁷⁰]; sādhu-kṛta — had completely accomplished [samyak-kṛto’nuṣṭhitaḥ²⁷¹]; sarva-arthāḥ — all of life’s primary aims [beginning with religion (dharmādayo yaiḥ);²⁷² meaning that dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa were brought fully under their control (vaśīkṛta-dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāḥ), yet (api)]; jñātvā — knowing; caraṇa-ambujam — the lotus feet; vaikuṇṭha — [of] Śrī Kṛṣṇa [śrī kṛṣṇasya]; ātmanaḥ — [as] their [svasya²⁷³]; ātyantikam — ultimate object of attainment [(parama-puruṣārtham); superior even to the other aims (tebhyo’py adhikam);²⁷⁴ and as the supreme refuge (śaraṇam)²⁷⁵]; [tad eva] manasā dhārayāmāsuḥ — they concentrated their minds [exclusively on them].

Translation

They [the Pāṇḍavas] had completely accomplished all of life’s primary aims [beginning with dharma], yet, knowing the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their ultimate object of attainment [parama-puruṣārtham], they concentrated their minds exclusively on them.

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