arjuna uvāca
aparaṅ bhavatō janma paraṅ janma vivasvataḥ.
kathamētadvijānīyāṅ tvamādau prōktavāniti৷৷4.4৷৷
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
मूल श्लोकः
English Commentary by Swami Sivananda
4.4 aparam later, bhavataḥ Thy, janma birth, param prior, janma birth, vivasvataḥ of Vivasvan, katham how, ētat this, vijānīyām am I to understand, tvam Thou, ādau in the beginning, prōktavān taughtest, ita thus.
Commentary:
Thy birth took place later in the hourse of Vasudeva; Vivasvan or Vivasvat (the Sun) was born earlier in the beginning of evolution. How am I to believe that Thou taughtest this Yoga in the beginning to Vivasvan, and that Thou, the self-same person, hast now taught it to me I am not able to reconcile this. e kind enought to enlighten me, O my Lord!.