Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 5
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 5
श्री भगवानुवाच बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन। तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
Transliteration (IAST)
śhrī bhagavān uvācha bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava chārjuna tānyahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa
Translation
The Lord said, "Many of My births have passed, O Arjuna, as have yours. I know them all, but you do not know them."— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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