Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]The Blessed Lord said: I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvat; Vivasvat taught it to Manu; Manu told it to Ikshvaku.
BG 4.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच । इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् । विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca | imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam | vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt ||
"I taught this imperishable yoga to the sun-god at the dawn of time — it has been passed down through kings ever since."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The Blessed Lord said: I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvat; Vivasvat taught it to Manu; Manu told it to Ikshvaku.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]The Blessed Lord said: I taught this imperishable devotion to Vivaswat; Vivaswat taught it to Manu, and Manu to Ikshwaku.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]I taught this deathless Yoga to Vivaswat, Vivaswat to Manu, and Manu made It known to Ikshwaku.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]The Blessed Lord said: I proclaimed this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvat; Vivasvat declared it to Manu; Manu told it to Ikshvaku.