Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment: Verse 5
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna
tāny-ahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa – 4.5
Lord Krishna said: Many births have been for me, so too for you, O Arjuna. All those I know well, but, O Scorcher of foes, alas, you do not.
Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment - Verse 5
Ma Gurupriya
Krishna reiterates the spiritual truth, the truth of the Self, of the ‘presence’ different from the body, but permeating the body. It is the source of all the sentient factors and functions, like the mind, intelligence and ego.
Distinct from the body, it never gets born, nor does it die; hence is eternal. Bodies are numerous, getting born and dying. In all the bodies is the same Soul.
Vivasvan, Manu and Ikshvaku had thus the same singular Soul presence. Krishna too has it, a fact he realizes, but Arjuna does not. That caused his consternation. Free of such ignorance and delusion, Krishna is smiling and stable all the while.
What Krishna feels is what any Knower would confidently. Self-knowledge makes one declare the truth of existence, with no doubt or oscillation!
