Bhagavadgita 4.2
Bhagavadgītā 4.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.2
evaṃ paraṃparāprāptam imaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ paraṃtapa
The Deity said:
This everlasting (system of) devotion I declared to the sun, the sun declared it to Manu, and Manu communicated it to Ikshvâku. Coming thus by steps, it became known to royal sages. But, O terror of (your) foes! that devotion was lost to the world by long (lapse of) time. That same primeval devotion I have declared to you to-day, seeing. that you are my devotee and friend, for it is the highest mystery.
Translations (3)
- The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- The Song Celestial — Edwin Arnold 1885, English
Commentaries (13)
- Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Jñāneśvarī — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- Subodhinī — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra) — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- Gūḍhārthadīpikā — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1570, Sanskrit
- Tātparyabodhinī — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Bālabodhinī — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- Arthaprakāśikā — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- Gūḍhārthacandrikā — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit