Bhagavad Gita 4.4

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter IV

slOkA 4

 

Translation : ArjunA said : Your birth is later .

vivasvAn's birth was much earlier . How am I

to understand that you told thus in the

beginning ?

 

Commentary :

Arjuna : You were born only recently , as the

son of Devaki and VAsudEvA. But the sun-god

VivasvAn exists from ancient times. His birth

has taken place before twenty eight chatur yugAS

(four yugAs). How then do you say that you taught

this yOga to VivasvAn ?

Each chatur (four) yuga is equal to 4320000

years.

Arjuna knows well that KrishnA is the

incarnation of the supreme Lord NArAyanA. But he

wants to understand clearly, whether the birth

of the Supreme Lord - who is having all auspicious

qualities and who is omniscient - is of the same

kind as that of dEvAs, men and others, who are all

born as a result of past karmAs ; and what is the

purpose of such births.

 

adiyEn,

senthil

 

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvaita Research Centre)