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

अर्जुन उवाच
अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।
कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति।।4.4।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.4. Arjuna said  Your birth is later, [while] the birth of Vivasvat is earlier; how am then to understand that You had properly taught  [him this]  in the beginnig ?


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.4 Even though he knows the nature of the Lord,  Arjuna asks this estion in order to publisize  it  to the world.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 4.4Arjuna Uvaacha:
Aparam bhavato janma param janma vivaswatah;
Katham etadvijaaneeyaam twam aadau proktavaan iti.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 4.4arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; aparam—later; bhavataḥ—your; janma—birth; param—prior; janma—birth; vivasvataḥ—Vivasvan, the sun-god; katham—how; etat—this; vijānīyām—am I to understand; tvam—you; ādau—in the beginning; proktavān—taught; iti—thus