23. I Taught This Science To Sun (4.1-1.3)

Kṛṣṇa is just thirty-two years old when He makes this statement! But He says, 'I gave this imperishable knowledge to Sūrya, the Sun god—imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam (4.1).'

With logic, you cannot understand this statement. Next, He says: The supreme science, this yoga as it was, appears to have been lost in course of time. The truth is not new. It is eternal; neither new nor old. Eternal means it is there forever, beyond time and space. This yoga is imperishable as Kṛṣṇa declares, avyayam. Anything created out of the space of completion stands eternally. Completion is eternal, Nitya.

The science of Karma Yogaḥ is being explained further in this chapter, Jñana-karma-sannyāsa Yogaḥ. If you allow these words to penetrate you, then straightaway they can give you the first glimpse of Enlightenment.

Five thousand years ago, Kṛṣṇa said, 'I gave this science to Sūrya, the Sun god and the Sun god, Vivasvān instructed Manu, the father of mankind, who passed this wisdom onto Ikṣvāku. Here, Kṛṣṇa gives the succession, the Master-disciple lineage. 'In course of time, the science of yoga was lost, sa kāleneha mahatāyogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa', He says.