Verse 4.4

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

— Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

arjuna uvācha aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ katham etad vijānīyāṁ tvam ādau proktavān iti

— Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Arjuna said, "Later was Thy birth, and prior to it was the birth of Vivasvan (the Sun); how am I to understand that Thou hast taught this Yoga from the beginning?"

— English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

।।4.4।। अर्जुन बोले - आपका जन्म तो अभीका है और सूर्यका जन्म बहुत पुराना है; अतः आपने ही सृष्टिके आदिमें सूर्यसे यह योग कहा था - यह बात मैं कैसे समझूँ?

— Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

arjunaḥ 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

— Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)