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अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।

कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति।।4.4।।

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।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

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

4.4 Arjuna said Your birth was later, (whereas) the birth of Vivasvan was earlier. How am I to understand this that You instructed (him) in the beginning?

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

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-