Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Though I am unborn and of changeless Self, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, resorting to My own Nature, I take birth through My own Māyā.
BG 4.6
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् । प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया ॥
ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro 'pi san | prakṛtiṃ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā ||
"Though unborn, imperishable, Lord of all — I come into being through My own Māyā. Divine birth is free, not compelled."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, presiding over My own Nature, I am born by My own Māyā.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Although I am unborn and of changeless essence, and the lord of all existence, yet in presiding over nature — which is mine — I am born through my own power.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Though I be the Lord of Life immortal, Though I be birthless, changeless, master of all creatures — Yet, by my own Māyā, I take birth.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Though I am unborn and though My Self is imperishable, though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, presiding over My own Nature, I come into being by My own Māyā.