Yogeśvara: Sylvie (?) has a question.
Lady (2): I want to ask you. What does it (indistinct) when you, when there's talk of this religion of Kṛṣṇa. Is it before Christ or more?
Prabhupāda: Hmm?
Yogeśvara: This, the question of religion, did it come before Christ or before Buddha?
Prabhupāda: Yes, 5,000 years ago.
Lady (2): Yes, before.
Prabhupāda: 5,000 years.
Pṛthu Putra: (translates into French)
Lady (2): 5,000 years, eh?
Prabhupāda: This is now. Before that, this was spoken some millions of years ago to the Sun-god. You find out that verse, imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam (BG 4.1).
Yogeśvara: Four, one.
Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: Fourth Chapter.
Pṛthu Putra:
- śrī bhagavān uvāca
- imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ
- proktavān aham avyayam
- vivasvān manave prāha
- manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt
- (BG 4.1)
(French)
Prabhupāda: So, if you take the calculation of Manu, Manu lives for 72,000 of yugas. One yuga is 4,300,000 of years.
Pṛthu Putra: (French)
Prabhupāda: 4,300,000 years, one yuga.
Pṛthu Putra: (French)
Prabhupāda: Multiply by 72. So that is the age of Manu. So, at least so many years before, Bhagavad-gītā was spoken to Manu's father, Sūrya. Sūrya, the Sun-god.
Pṛthu Putra: (French)
Prabhupāda: Sun-god. So how many millions?
Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: About 120,000,000 years ago.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Pṛthu Putra: (French)
Prabhupāda: So this philosophy was spoken 300 millions of years ago. And then again, He spoke 5,000 years ago. This is the history of Bhagavad-gītā.