tatrāśvāḥ śaibya-sugrīva-
meghapuṣpa-balāhakāḥ
tamasi bhraṣṭa-gatayo
babhūvur bharatarṣabha
tān dṛṣṭvā bhagavān kṛṣṇo
mahā-yogeśvareśvaraḥ
sahasrāditya-sańkāśaḿ
sva-cakraḿ prāhiṇot puraḥ
tatra -- at that place; asvah -- the horses; saibya-sugriva-meghapushpa-balahakah -- named Saibya, Sugriva, Meghapushpa and Balahaka; tamasi -- in the darkness; bhrashta -- having lost; gatayah -- their way; babhuvuh -- became; bharata-rishabha -- O best of the Bharatas; tan -- them; drishtva -- seeing; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; krishnah -- Krishna; maha -- supreme; yoga-isvara -- of masters of yoga; isvarah -- the master; sahasra -- a thousand; aditya -- suns; sankasam -- comparable to; sva -- His personal; cakram -- disc weapon; prahinot -- sent; purah -- in front.
In that darkness the chariot's horses -- Saibya, Sugriva, Meghapushpa and Balahaka -- lost their way. Seeing them in this condition, O best of the Bharatas, Lord Krishna, the supreme master of all masters of yoga, sent His Sudarsana disc before the chariot. That disc shone like thousands of suns.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives the following insight into this verse. Lord Krishna's horses had descended from Vaikuntha 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.
