Bhagavadgita 4.4

4.4

asmin prasaṅge bhagavad-avatāra-yāthātmyaṃ yathāvaj jñātum arjuna uvāca --- arjuna uvāca ---
avaraṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ |
katham etad vijānīyāṃ tvam ādau proktavān iti ||
kālasaṅkhyayā avaram asmajjanmasamakālaṃ hi bhavato janma / vivasvataś ca janma kālasaṅkhyayā param -- aṣṭāviṃśaticaturyugasaṅkhyāsaṅkhyātam / tvam evādau proktavān iti katham etad asaṃbhāvanīyaṃ yathārthaṃ jānīyām ? nanu janmāntareṇāpi vaktuṃ śakyam, janmāntarakṛtasya mahatāṃ smṛtiś ca yujyata iti nātra kaścid virodhaḥ / na cāsau vaktāram enaṃ vasudevatanayaṃ sarveśvaraṃ na jānāti, yata evaṃ vakṣyati, "paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān / puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyam ādidevam ajaṃ vibhum // āhus tvām ṛṣayas sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā / asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me" iti / yudhiṣṭhirarājasūyādiṣu bhīṣmādibhyaś cāsakṛcchrutam, "kṛṣṇa eva hi lokānām utpattir api cāpyayaḥ / kṛṣṇasya
hi kṛte bhūtam idaṃ viśvaṃ carācaram" ityevamādiṣu / kṛṣṇasya hi kṛte iti, kṛṣṇasya śeṣabhūtam idaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagad ityarthaḥ // atrocyate jānāty evāyaṃ bhagavantaṃ vasudevasūnaṃ pārthaḥ / jānato 'py ajānata iva pṛcchato 'yam āśayaḥ -- nikhilaheyapratyanīkakalyāṇaikatānasya sarveśvarasya sarvajñasya satyasaṅkalpasyāvāptasamastakāmasya karmaparavaśadevamanuṣyādisajātīyaṃ janma kim indrajālādivan mithyā, uta satyam? satyatve ca kathaṃ janmaprakāraḥ? kim ātmako 'yaṃ dehaḥ? kaś ca janmahetuḥ? kadā ca janma? kim arthaṃ ca janmeti / parihāraprakāreṇa praśnārtho vijñāyate //