SB 10.89.48-49
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 48-49
- tatrāśvāḥ śaibya-sugrīva-
- meghapuṣpa-balāhakāḥ
- tamasi bhraṣṭa-gatayo
- babhūvur bharatarṣabha
- tān dṛṣṭvā bhagavān kṛṣṇo
- mahā-yogeśvareśvaraḥ
- sahasrāditya-saṅkāśaṁ
- sva-cakraṁ prāhiṇot puraḥ
SYNONYMS
tatra — at that place; aśvāḥ — the horses; śaibya-sugrīva-meghapuṣpa-balāhakāḥ — named Śaibya, Sugrīva, Meghapuṣpa and Balāhaka; tamasi — in the darkness; bhraṣṭa — having lost; gatayaḥ — their way; babhūvuḥ — became; bharata-ṛṣabha — O best of the Bhāratas; tān — them; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; kṛṣṇaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; mahā — supreme; yoga-īśvara — of masters of yoga; īśvaraḥ — the master; sahasra — a thousand; āditya — suns; saṅkāśam — comparable to; sva — His personal; cakram — disc weapon; prāhiṇot — sent; puraḥ — in front.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
In that darkness the chariot's horses—Śaibya, Sugrīva, Meghapuṣpa and Balāhaka—lost their way. Seeing them in this condition, O best of the Bhāratas, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme master of all masters of yoga, sent His Sudarśana disc before the chariot. That disc shone like thousands of suns.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives the following insight into this verse. Lord Kṛṣṇa's horses had descended from Vaikuṇṭha to participate in His earthly pastimes. Since the Lord Himself was pretending to be a finite human being, His steeds now acted confused to enhance the drama of the situation for all who would one day hear this pastime.