Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 3

स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः । भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्

sa evāyaṃ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ | bhakto'si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam

Translation

That same ancient Yoga has been today taught to thee by Me, seeing that thou art My devotee and friend; for, this is the Supreme Secret.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

saḥ

this

eva

even

ayam

this

mayā

by me

te

to thee

adya

to-day

yogaḥ

yoga

proktaḥ

declared

purātanaḥ

ancient

bhaktaḥ

devotee

asi

(thou) art

me

my

sakhā

friend

ca

and

iti

thus

rahasyam

secret

hi

indeed

etat

this

uttamam

best

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

This knowledge, this Yoga, is the Supreme Secret. Seeing that the Yoga has been lost by falling into the hands of the weak who could not control their senses, and seeing also that the people have not been able to attain the object of life, the Lord teaches it again to Arjuna.