dvarena cakranupathena tat tamah

 param param jyotir ananta-param

samasnuvanam prasamiksya phalgunah

 prataditakso pidadhe ’ksini ubhe

 

Translation: 

 

Following the Sudarsana disc, the chariot went beyond the darkness and reached the endless spiritual light of the all pervasive brahmajyoti. As Arjuna beheld this glaring

effulgence, his eyes hurt, and so he shut them.

 

Purport: 

 

After breaking through each of the eight concentric shells of the universe, the Sudarsana disc led Lord Krsna’s chariot into the limitless, self-effulgent atmosphere of the spiritual sky. This journey by Lord Krsna and Arjuna to Vaikuntha is also narrated in Sri Hari-vamsa, where the Lord is quoted as telling His companion:

 

brahma-tejo-mayam divyam

 mahat yad drstavan asi

aham sa bharata-srestha

 mat-tejas tat sanatanam

 

“The divine expanse of Brahman effulgence you have seen is none other than Myself, O best of the Bharatas. It is My own eternal effulgence.”

 

prakrtih sa mama para

 vyaktavyakta sanatani

tam pravisya bhavantiha

 mukta yoga-vid-uttamah

 

“It comprises My eternal, spiritual energy, both manifest and unmanifest. The foremost yoga experts of this world enter within it and become liberated.”

 

sa sankhyanam gatih partha

 yoginam ca tapasvinam

tat param paramam brahma

 sarvam vibhajate jagat

mamaiva tad ghanam tejo

 jñatum arhasi bharata

 

“It is the supreme goal of the followers of Sankhya, O Partha, as well as that of the yogis and ascetics. It is the Supreme Absolute Truth, manifesting the varieties of the entire created cosmos. You should understand this brahma-jyoti, O Bharata, to be My concentrated personal effulgence.”