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Ch 4•Verse 1
Adhyāya 4 • Shloka 1

श्रीभगवानुवाच | इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् | विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् || १ ||

śrī-bhagavān uvāca | imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam | vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt || 1 ||

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikshvaku."

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The Direct Meaning

Chapter 4 opens with Krishna revealing the cosmic genealogy of the knowledge he has just imparted. He declares: I originally instructed (proktavān aham) this exact same yoga (imaṃ yogaṃ) to Vivasvan, the presiding deity of the Sun. He characterizes this yoga as 'avyayam' (imperishable or inexhaustible). The lineage then passed chronologically: Vivasvan taught it to Manu (the progenitor of humanity), and Manu passed it to King Ikshvaku (the founder of the solar dynasty of kings on Earth).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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