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Chapter 4

<< Chapter 3 verse 43

SlOkam – Original

SrI bhagavAn uvAcha
imam vivasvathE yOgam prokthavAn aham avyayam |
vivasvAn manavE prAha manur ikshvAkavE’bravIth ||

word-by-word meaning (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)

aham – I
avyayam – imperishable
imam yOgam – this karma yOga which was taught in previous chapter
vivasvathE – to sUrya (the presiding deity of sun)
prOkthavAn – taught (at the beginning of vaivasvatha manvanthra)
vivasvAn – sUrya
manavE – to manu (of the vaivasvatha manvanthra)
prAha – taught
manu: – manu
ikshvAkavE – to (his son) ikshvAku
abravIth – taught.

Simple Translation (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)

I taught this imperishable karma yOga to sUrya. sUrya taught this to manu. manu taught this to ikshvAku.

Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam

Śrī Bhagavān (Lord Kṛishṇa) spoke :—

‘I was the Teacher of this eternal Yoga¹, to Vivasvān² (the Sun); Vivasvān declared it to Manu³; Manu imparted it to Ikshvāku⁴.’

>> Chapter 4 verse 2

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