jñānakarmasanyāsayoga - Verse śloka 4
śloka 4
arjuna uvāca |
aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ |
kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti ||4-4||
Translation
Arjuna said: Your birth is later (apara) and the birth of Vivasvan is earlier (than yours); therefore, how am I to understand that You taught (this Yoga) in the beginning (of creation)?