A true devotee fulfills worldly duties when ordered by Krishna, serving the divine mission through all circumstances.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.11 — January 8, 1974, Los Angeles 740108SB-LOS ANGELES [45:47 Minutes] SB-01.16.11_740108SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: So what is the arrangement? [break] Maṇḍapa, it is being trampled by children and others, with the dust of their feet, and God will come there.
Prabhupāda: But who suggested this? It must be... This carpet is full of dust. Then how did you allow it?
Prabhupāda: Nonsense. [devotees chant japa] Hmm. Then? Go on.
[01:20] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] valaṅkṛtaṁ śyāma-turaṅga-yojitaṁ rathaṁ mṛgendra-dhvajam āśritaḥ purāt vṛto rathāśva-dvipa-patti-yuktayā sva-senayā digvijayāya nirgataḥ [SB 1.16.11] [break] [06:22] Translation: "Mahārāja Parīkṣit sat on a chariot drawn by black horses.
His flag was marked with the sign of a lion. Being so decorated and surrounded by charioteers, cavalry, elephants and infantry soldiers, he left the capital to conquer in all directions." Prabhupāda: So each king had different colored horses and differently marked flag on the top of the chariot. Just like Arjuna's chariot was drawn by white horses. Śveta hayair. Śveta means white. And his grandson, his horses are of blackish.
Not... Śyāma is not black. Blackish. Swarthy. No, blackish.
Turaṅga, jeweled. They have four horses in chariot, and there is a charioteer and flag marked with lion. This lion is not to be considered an ordinary lion. This lion is Mṛgendra or Narahari, Nṛsiṁha-deva.