अर्जुन उवाच | अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः | कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति ||४-४||
arjuna uvāca . aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ . kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti ||4-4||
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjuna said
- aparam
- junior
- bhavataḥ
- Your
- janma
- birth
- param
- superior
- janma
- birth
- vivasvataḥ
- of the sun-god
- katham
- how
- etat
- this
- vijānīyām
- shall I understand
- tvam
- You
- ādau
- in the beginning
- proktavān
- instructed
- iti
- thus
Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvān is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?