श्रीभगवानुवाच | इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् | विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ||४-१||
śrībhagavānuvāca . imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam . vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave.abravīt ||4-1||
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- imam
- this
- vivasvate
- unto the sun-god
- yogam
- the science of one’s relationship to the Supreme
- proktavān
- instructed
- aham
- I
- avyayam
- imperishable
- vivasvān
- Vivasvān (the sun-god’s name)
- manave
- unto the father of mankind (of the name Vaivasvata)
- prāha
- told
- manuḥ
- the father of mankind
- ikṣvākave
- unto King Ikṣvāku
- abravīt
- said
The Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvān, and Vivasvān instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikṣvāku.