tatrÄÅ›vÄḥ Å›aibya-sugrÄ«va-
meghapuá¹£pa-balÄhakÄḥ
tamasi bhraá¹£á¹a-gatayo
babhūvur bharatarṣabha
tÄn dṛṣá¹vÄ bhagavÄn kṛṣṇo
mahÄ-yogeÅ›vareÅ›varaḥ
sahasrÄditya-saá¹…kÄÅ›aá¹
sva-cakraá¹ prÄhiṇot puraḥ
tatra - at that place; aÅ›vÄḥ - the horses; Å›aibya-sugrÄ«va-meghapuá¹£pa-balÄhakÄḥ - named Åšaibya, SugrÄ«va, Meghapuá¹£pa and BalÄhaka; tamasi - in the darkness; bhraá¹£á¹a - having lost; gatayaḥ - their way; babhÅ«vuḥ - became; bharata-ṛṣabha - O best of the BhÄratas; tÄn - them; dṛṣá¹vÄ - seeing; bhagavÄn - the Personality of Godhead; kṛṣṇaḥ - Kṛṣṇa; mahÄ - supreme; yoga-Ä«Å›vara - of masters of yoga; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the master; sahasra - a thousand; Äditya - suns; saá¹…kÄÅ›am - comparable to; sva - His personal; cakram - disc weapon; prÄhiṇot - sent; puraḥ - in front.
In that darkness the chariot’s horses — Åšaibya, SugrÄ«va, Meghapuá¹£pa and BalÄhaka — lost their way. Seeing them in this condition, O best of the BhÄratas, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme master of all masters of yoga, sent His SudarÅ›ana disc before the chariot. That disc shone like thousands of suns.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« gives the following insight into this verse. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s horses had descended from Vaikuṇá¹ha 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.
