![advent of srimad bhagavad gita advent of srimad bhagavad gita](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91UbnAq_t4g/XwFCzCywLTI/AAAAAAADaGs/NkcsQmcHBCEkirDUBB-5OH4E7lZgeG0TgCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/1989-96b_28.jpg)
Therefore, Bhagavad-gītā has to be accepted as it is, from the disciplic succession, and it is described herein that the Lord spoke to the sun-god, the sun-god spoke to his son Manu, and Manu spoke to his son Ikṣvāku.: The mundane wranglers may speculate on the Gītā in their own ways, but that is not Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Since the Vedic instructions are accepted as they are, without human interpretation, the Gītā must therefore be accepted without mundane interpretation. Because Bhagavad-gītā is as good as the Vedas, being spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this knowledge is apauruṣeya, superhuman. It was spoken to the sun-god Vivasvān because he is also a kṣatriya and is the father of all kṣatriyas who are descendants of the sun-god, or the sūrya-vaṁśa kṣatriyas. That is the rough estimate of the history of the Gīta, according to the Gītā itself and according to the version of the speaker, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It was respoken by the Lord again to Arjuna about five thousand years ago.
![advent of srimad bhagavad gita advent of srimad bhagavad gita](http://www.ffcompendium.com/store/img/g/rcQAAOSw31xfuz37/s-l1600/Holy-Hindu-Sacred-Book-Srimad-Bhagwat-Puran-Bhagav.jpg)
![advent of srimad bhagavad gita advent of srimad bhagavad gita](https://theharekrishnamovement.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/krishna-and-arjuna-large.jpg)
Accepting that before the birth of Manu, the Gītā was spoken by the Lord to His disciple, the sun-god Vivasvān, a rough estimate is that the Gītā was spoken at least 120,400,000 years ago and in human society it has been extant for two million years. The age of the current Manu is calculated to last some 305,300,000 years, of which 120,400,000 have passed. Thus, some 2,005,000 years ago, Manu spoke the Bhagavad-gītā to his disciple and son Mahārāja lkṣvāku, the King of this planet earth. Before this there was Dvāpara-yuga (800,000 years), and before that there was Tretā-yuga (1,200,000 years). Therefore, Bhagavad-gītā existed in the human society from the time of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku.”Īt the present moment we have just passed through five thousand years of the Kali-yuga, which lasts 432,000 years. Manu, being the father of mankind, gave it to his son Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, the King of this earth planet and forefather of the Raghu dynasty in which Lord Rāmacandra appeared. “In the beginning of the Tretā-yuga this science of the relationship with the Supreme was delivered by Vivasvān to Manu. Ikṣvākuṇā ca kathito vyāpya lokān avasthitāḥ Manuś ca loka-bhṛty-arthaṁ sutāyekṣvākave dadau Tretā-yugādau ca tato vivasvān manave dadau In the Mahābhārata (Śānti-parva 348.51-52) we can trace out the history of the Gītā as follows: The Gītā is not, therefore, a speculative treatise for the insignificant mundane scholar but is a standard book of knowledge coming down from time immemorial. He is rotating under the order of Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Kṛṣṇa originally made Vivasvān His first disciple to understand the science of Bhagavad-gītā. The sun is the king of the planets, and the sun-god (at present of the name Vivasvān) rules the sun planet, which is controlling all other planets by supplying heat and light. The sun represents the eye of the Lord and traverses its orbit in obedience to His order.” “Let me worship,” Lord Brahmā said, “the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is the original person and under whose order the sun, which is the king of all planets, is assuming immense power and heat. In this millennium, the sun-god is known as Vivasvān, the king of the sun, which is the origin of all planets within the solar system. In other words, the executive heads of all states are intended to spread the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that the people may take advantage of this great science and pursue a successful path, utilizing the opportunity of the human form of life. Human life is meant for cultivation of spiritual knowledge, in eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the executive heads of all states and all planets are obliged to impart this lesson to the citizens by education, culture and devotion. This science is especially meant for the protection of the inhabitants and therefore the royal order should understand it in order to be able to rule the citizens and protect them from the material bondage to lust. Herein we find the history of the Bhagavad-gītā traced from a remote time when it was delivered to the royal order, the kings of all planets. The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvān, and Vivasvān instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikṣvāku. Śrī bhagavān uvāca-the Supreme Personality of Godhead said imam-this vivasvate-unto the sun-god yogam-the science of one’s relationship to the Supreme proktavān-instructed aham-I avyayam-imperishable vivasvān-Vivasvān (the sun-god’s name) manave-unto the father of mankind (of the name Vaivasvata) prāha-told manuḥ-the father of mankind ikṣvākave-unto King Ikṣvāku abravīt-said.