Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.50.11

evaḿ dhyāyati govinda

ākāśāt sūrya-varcasau

rathāv upasthitau sadyaḥ

sa-sūtau sa-paricchadau

SYNONYMS

evamin this manner; dhyāyati — while He was meditating; govinde — Lord Kṛṣṇa; ākāśāt — from the sky; sūrya — like the sun; varcasau — having effulgence; rathau — two chariots; upasthitau — appeared; sadyaḥ — suddenly; sa — with; sūtau — drivers; sa — with; paricchadau — equipment.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] As Lord Govinda was thinking in this way, two chariots as effulgent as the sun suddenly descended from the sky. They were complete with drivers and equipment.

PURPORT

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī agree that the chariots came down from the Lord's own abode, Vaikuṇṭha-loka, the kingdom of God. The faithful devotees of the Lord derive tremendous pleasure by observing the Lord's incomparable technology.

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