Chapter IV · Śloka 1
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
श्री भगवानुवाच
इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् ।
विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् ।
विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca
imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam |
vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt ||
imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam |
vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt ||
The Blessed Lord said: I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvān; Vivasvān taught it to Manu; Manu told it to Ikṣvāku.
Krishna reveals that the yoga of action was transmitted through a solar lineage from the sun-god Vivasvān down to the royal dynasties of earth. This establishes the eternal, trans-historical nature of the teaching.