Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 1
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4 श्लोक 1

श्री भगवानुवाच
इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।
विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।4.1।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी तेजोमयानंद
।।4.1।। श्रीभगवान् ने कहा  मैंने इस अविनाशी योग को विवस्वान् (सूर्य देवता) से कहा (सिखाया) विवस्वान् ने मनु से कहा मनु ने इक्ष्वाकु से कहा।।


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
In the third chapter Lord Krishna explained that  only  karma  yoga  or  the
performance  of  prescribed  Vedic   activities   was   suitable   for   the
materialistic person aspiring for moksa or  liberation  from  the  cycle  of
birth and death and that such an aspirant was not competent  to  follow  the
path of jnana yoga or the cultivation  of  Vedic  knowledge.   It  was  also
shown that even for jnana yoga practitioners that karma yoga when  performed
as a matter of duty  without  attachment  was  preferable.  It  was  further
illustrated that for leaders of prominence in society  it  is  an  important
necessity to perform karma yoga in order  that  the  public  is  guided  and
inspired in a righteous manner. The objective of this fourth chapter  is  to
further emphasise the worthiness of karma yoga by giving  evidence  that  it
was taught to great personalities at the  beginning  of  this  Manavatar  or
cyclic appearance of one type of divine incarnations as  verified  in  Vedic
scriptures over a period of time comprising approximately every 350  million
years. Also it will be shown in this chapter how karma yoga partakes of  the
nature of jnana yoga  by  reason  of  spiritual  intentions  underlying  all
prescribed Vedic activities. Chapter four  finishes  up  by  explaining  the
nature  and  varieties  of  karma  yoga  and  the  importance  of  spiritual
awareness connected to performing every action.