Sanskrit · Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच। बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन। तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
śrībhagavānuvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I have passed through many births, O Arjuna I and you also. I know them all, but you, O terror of (your) foes! do not know them.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.5।। बहूनि मे मम व्यतीतानि अतिक्रान्तानि जन्मानि तव च हे अर्जुन। तानि अहं वेद जाने सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ न जानीषे धर्माधर्मादिप्रतिबद्धज्ञानशक्तित्वात्। अहं पुनः नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभावत्वात् अनावरणज्ञानशक्तिरिति वेद अहं हे परंतप।।कथं तर्हि तव नित्येश्वरस्य धर्माधर्माभावेऽपि जन्म इति उच्यते
5c585f3541fe…Rāmānuja
4.5 The Lord said By this, the reality of the Lord's birth is declared in the sentence, 'Many births of Mine have passed.' 'So is it with you' is added by way of illustration. The mode of incarnation, the reality of His body and the cause of His birth are explained in the following verse.
0d37ca74f15c…Swami Sivananda
4.5 बहूनि may? मे My? व्यतीतानि have passed away? जन्मानि births? तव thy? च and? अर्जुन O Arjuna? तानि them? अहम् I? वेद know? सर्वाणि all? न not? त्वम् thou? वेत्थ knowest? परन्तप O Parantapa.Commentary You have no intuitional knowledge. The eye of wisdom has not been opened in you on account of your past actions. So your power of vision is limited and therefore you do not know your previous births. But I know them because I am omniscient.
a2f483a7f49f…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.