श्री भगवानुवाचइमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् ।
विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
श्रीभगवान् बोले मैंने इस अविनाशी योगको सूर्यसे कहा था । फिर सूर्यने अपने पुत्र वैवस्वत मनुसे कहा और मनुने अपने पुत्र राजा इक्ष्वाकुसे कहा ॥
English
The Lord said: I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvan. Vivasvan taught it to Manu, and Manu taught it to Ikshvaku.
श्लोक का अर्थ
Krishna says he taught this timeless yoga to the sun-god, who passed it to Manu, then to Ikshvaku. The teaching is ancient and preserved through a lineage.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, with Arjuna shaken and unable to fight, Krishna begins by tracing the teaching back through an ancient lineage: from himself to Vivasvan, then to Manu, then to Ikshvaku. He is showing that this is not a new opinion, but a lost inheritance now being restored.
आज के संदर्भ में
You inherit a practice from a teacher who learned it from someone before them, and they from someone before them. What feels new to you may be older than your doubts.
सार
Some truths are not invented in a moment; they are handed down carefully across generations.
शब्दार्थ
श्रीभगवानुवाच (the Lord said) / इमम् (this) / विवस्वते (to Vivasvan) / योगम् (yoga) / प्रोक्तवान् (taught) / अहम् (I) / अव्ययम् (imperishable) / विवस्वान् (Vivasvan) / मनवे (to Manu) / प्राह (said) / मनुः (Manu) / इक्ष्वाकवे (to Ikshvaku) / अब्रवीत् (spoke)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4: ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग — ज्ञान और कर्म-संन्यास का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 42 श्लोक हैं।