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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.83.32

मां तावद् रथमारोप्य हयरत्नचतुष्टयम् । शार्ङ्गमुद्यम्य सन्नद्धस्तस्थावाजौ चतुर्भुज: ॥ ३२ ॥
māṁ tāvad ratham āropya
[maam taavad ratham aaropya]
haya-ratna-catuṣṭayam
[haya-ratna-chatushtayam]
śārṅgam udyamya sannaddhas
[shaarngam udyamya sannaddhas]
tasthāv ājau catur-bhujaḥ
[tasthaav aajau chatur-bhujah]
Word-for-word
mām — me tāvat — at that point ratham — on the chariot āropya — lifting haya — of horses ratna — gems catuṣṭayam — having four śārṅgam — His bow, named Śārṅga udyamya — readying sannaddhaḥ — putting on His armor tasthau — He stood ājau — on the battleground catuḥ — four bhujaḥ — with arms .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
māṁ tāvad ratham āropya
mām
me
tāvat
at that point
ratham
on the chariot
āropya
lifting
haya-ratna-catuṣṭayam
haya
of horses
ratna
gems
catuṣṭayam
having four
śārṅgam udyamya sannaddhas
śārṅgam
His bow, named Śārṅga
udyamya
readying
sannaddhaḥ
putting on His armor
tasthāv ājau catur-bhujaḥ
tasthau
He stood
ājau
on the battleground
catuḥ
four
bhujaḥ
with arms .
Important Words
  • śārṅgam — His bow Śārṅga
    Śārṅga — Kṛṣṇa's bow, made of horn (śṛṅga). Distinct from Arjuna's Gāṇḍīva. The same bow appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as Viṣṇu's bow that Paraśurāma offered to Rāma. The verse names the weapon to signal: this is no human-grade bow.
  • catuḥ - bhujaḥ — four-armed
    Catur (four) + bhuja (arm). At the moment of departing with His bride, Kṛṣṇa briefly manifests His Nārāyaṇa-form. Gauḍīya rasa-theology: this is one of the rare instances Kṛṣṇa shows aiśvarya in His Dvārakā-līlā; usually He stays in His two-armed Vrajendra-kumāra mādhurya.
  • haya - ratna - catuṣṭayam — (chariot drawn by) four jewel-horses
    Haya (horse) + ratna (jewel) + catuṣṭaya (set of four). His four horses are named in tradition: Śaibya, Sugrīva, Meghapuṣpa, Balāhaka. The four-horse chariot is the standard cakravartin transport — but also the chariot in which Kṛṣṇa would later drive Arjuna at Kurukṣetra.
  • sannaddhaḥ — armored, fully prepared
    Sam (full) + naddha (bound, girded). The bridegroom puts on armor — not the wedding-jewelry the bride has just put on. The verse holds two registers simultaneously: wedding and battle, mādhurya and vīra.
  • ājau — on the battleground
    Āji — battlefield. The same site that was a moment ago a wedding-hall becomes ājau. Gauḍīya commentators note: where the Lord goes, every site becomes the right kind of site. He turns wedding-hall to ājau, ājau to wedding-hall.
The Lord then placed me on His chariot, drawn by four most excellent horses. Donning His armor and readying His bow Śārṅga, He stood on the chariot, and there on the battleground He manifested His four arms.
Purport

With two of His four arms, according to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Lord Kṛṣṇa embraced His bride, and with the other two He held His bow and arrows.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord then placed me on His chariot, drawn by four most excellent horses. Donning His armor and readying His bow Śārṅga, He stood on the chariot, and there on the battleground He manifested His four arms.
Commentary

Assuming four hands, Krsna held me, very frightened, with two arms, and held his bow and arrows with the other.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

With four excellent horses the chariot could travel at great speed. Ready (sannaddhaḥ) to fight (ājau), he stood on the chariot remaining in a high position.

Related values & verses
Related values
Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 SB 1.2BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9 BG 6.35
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
The Lord placed me on His chariot, donned armor, took Śārṅga, and manifested four arms. Two arms embraced me, two held bow and arrow. Love and protection are simultaneous in His person.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I split tenderness and protection as if they were separate functions?
  • How does Kṛṣṇa's four-armed image teach integration?
Analogy

The Lord lifts Lakṣmaṇā onto His chariot — the same chariot Dāruka will drive in the next verse — dons His armor, takes up Śārṅga, and, in the moment of departure, manifests His four arms. The four arms are not for the bride's comfort; they are for the suitors' clarity. The husband is also Nārāyaṇa. The marriage is also a cosmic statement.

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