Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.4
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.4 · 4 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
।।4.4।। अपरम् अर्वाक् वसुदेवगृहे भवतो जन्म। परं पूर्वं सर्गादौ जन्म उत्पत्तिः विवस्वतः आदित्यस्य। तत् कथम् एतत् विजानीयाम् अविरुद्धार्थतया यः त्वमेव आदौ प्रोक्तवान् इमं योगं स एव इदानीं मह्यं प्रोक्तवानसि इति।।या वासुदेवे अनीश्वरासर्वज्ञाशङ्का मूर्खाणाम् तां परिहरन् श्रीभगवानुवाच यदर्थो ह्यर्जुनस्य प्रश्नः श्रीभगवानुवाच
4.4 Bhavatah, Your; janma, was aparam, later, in the abode of Vasudeva; (whereas) the birth vivasvatah, of Visvasvan, the Sun; was param, earlier, in the beginning of creation. Therefore, katham, how; vijanyam, am I to understand; etat, this, as not inconsistent; iti, that; tvam, You, yourself; who proktavan, insturcted this Yoga; adau, in the beginning, are the same person who are now teaching me? By way of demolishing the doubt of fools with regard to Vasudeva, that He has no God-hood and omniscience-to which very purpose was Arjuna's estion-