व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् ।योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ॥
vyāsaprasādāc chrutavān etad guhyam ahaṃ param |yogaṃ yogeśvarāt kṛṣṇāt sākṣāt kathayataḥ svayam ||
- व्यासप्रसादात् · vyāsaprasādāt
- through Vyasa's grace
- श्रुतवान् · śrutavān
- I have heard
- एतत् · etat
- this
- गुह्यम् · guhyam
- secret
- परम् · param
- supreme
- योगम् · yogam
- yoga
- योगेश्वरात् · yogeśvarāt
- from the lord of yoga
- कृष्णात् · kṛṣṇāt
- from Krishna
- साक्षात् · sākṣāt
- directly
- कथयतः · kathayataḥ
- as he declared it
- स्वयम् · svayam
- himself
“Through Vyasa's grace I have heard this supreme secret, this yoga, directly from Krishna, the lord of yoga, himself as he declared it.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sanjaya names his source: Vyasa's gift of divine sight made him a direct witness. The chain of grace — Krishna to Arjuna, Vyasa to Sanjaya — mirrors the teaching itself: all hearing is through grace. 'Lord of yoga' seals Krishna's authority over every path taught.
— Reader's notes (original)