Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.46
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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divyam-sva-ratham
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His own divine chariot
Compound: divya (divine) + sva-ratha (own chariot). Not Arjuna's Indra-given chariot — Kṛṣṇa's own. Gauḍīyas note the substitution: when the search exceeds human capacity, Bhagavān provides His own vāhana.
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pratīcīm-diśam
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the western direction
Compound: pratīcī (western) + diś (direction). The chariot moves west toward the kāraṇa-jala. The cosmographic vector is specific — beyond the seven dvīpas, beyond Lokāloka.
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āviśat
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He entered
Imperfect of ā + √viś (to enter). The Lord enters the western direction with Arjuna. The verb will repeat when the chariot enters the great darkness (v. 47) and the brahmajyoti (v. 51).
That the vaikuntha horses beyond the material influence, losing their way in the darkness, acted like normal horses, just the Lord acts like a normal human, was for the purpose of increasing the astonishment of the listeners and observers like Arjuna.
Having spoken with a promise (sam—bhāśya), the Lord, though capable of bringing back the child just by his will (bhagavān), mounted his spiritual chariot and went to the west just as Arjuna had done, out of curiosity. Here he showed, not his powers as the Lord, but his astonishing knowledge with pastimes of great human prowess. When he was born, all offered respects with folded hands, since he performed a pastime as the Supreme Lord. But now even his horses which had also come from Vaikuṇṭha would hesitate on approaching the darkness, and he would have to use his cakra to remove the darkness.
He went quickly, facing that direction only (āviśat).
- What stalled mission of mine could I let God join in person?
- Where would inviting Kṛṣṇa to the driver's seat change my chase?
Kṛṣṇa places Arjuna on His own divya-ratha and sets off — westward. The Bhāgavatam shifts the chariot's driver from the BG context (Kṛṣṇa drives Arjuna's chariot) to this episode (Arjuna joins Kṛṣṇa's chariot). The grammar of the relationship is the same: He drives, Arjuna rides.
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