SB 10.50.11 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.11

एवं ध्यायति गोविन्द आकाशात् सूर्यवर्चसौ । रथावुपस्थितौ सद्य: ससूतौ सपरिच्छदौ ॥ ११ ॥

evaṁ dhyāyati govinda

[evam dhyaayati govinda]

ākāśāt sūrya-varcasau

[aakaashaat soorya-varchasau]

rathāv upasthitau sadyaḥ

[rathaav upasthitau sadyah]

sa-sūtau sa-paricchadau

[sa-sootau sa-parichchadau]

Word-for-word

evam — in 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 .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

evaṁ dhyāyati govinda

evam

in this manner

dhyāyati

while He was meditating

govinde

Lord Kṛṣṇa

ākāśāt sūrya-varcasau

ākāśāt

from the sky

sūrya

like the sun

varcasau

having effulgence

rathāv upasthitau sadyaḥ

rathau

two chariots

upasthitau

appeared

sadyaḥ

suddenly

sa-sūtau sa-paricchadau

with

sūtau

drivers

with

paricchadau

equipment .

Important Words

govinde — Lord Kṛṣṇa
Locative absolute with dhyāyati — 'while Govinda was meditating.' Govinda = cow-finder, senses-pleaser. Even as Kṛṣṇa is meditating warfare, His name remains the gentle Vraja-name — He never sheds His sweetness, even on the battlefield.
sūrya-varcasau — having the effulgence of the sun
Dual: two chariots. In Gauḍīya iconography Kṛṣṇa's chariot is golden and Balarāma's silvery-white — both blaze like the sun because both are extensions of the same svarūpa-śakti.
upasthitau — appeared/stood ready
Upa + √sthā: 'stood near.' Spontaneously, without summoning. The Lord's paraphernalia is His own internal energy — it serves Him by being Him; the chariots are not separate objects but extensions of the līlā.
sadyaḥ — suddenly
Sadyas — at once, instantly. The Lord's paraphernalia arrives without any temporal lag — the cosmos has no friction when responding to Bhagavān. In Gauḍīya frame this is yoga-māyā's signature: the means and the end collapse into a single moment for the Lord.

[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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

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.

Commentary

As Govinda was thinking in this way, suddenly two chariots came from Vaikuntha by his desire, and stood near him (upa stithau-stood near).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

As Kṛṣṇa, who protects the earth (govindaḥ), Bhagavān who appears directly as avatāra on earth to relieve it of its burden, thought in this way, from Mahā-vaikuṇṭha (ākāśāt) two chariots appeared.

Related values & verses

Related values

Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)

Concepts

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Related lectures

NRM SB 10-50-11-17
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Personal Guidance

Two chariots effulgent as the sun descend from the sky, complete with drivers and equipment — from Vaikuṇṭha. When the Lord decides to act, the equipment shows up; provision follows decision.

Reflection Questions

Where do you assume lack of equipment is a sign not to act?
What might appear if you simply decided?

Analogy

While Govinda is still considering, two sun-bright chariots fall ready-equipped out of the sky — the cosmos itself rushes to serve Him before He has finished the thought. The devotee does not work harder than the Lord arranges; the Lord arranges faster than the devotee can ask.

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