Verset 4.5

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥

4.5

Translittération

bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna |

tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa ||

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Traduction

The Blessed Lord said Many births of Mine have passed as well as of thine, O Arjuna; I know them all but thou knowest not, O Parantapa (scorcher of foes).

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Mot à mot

many
my
have passed
births
yours
and
O Arjuna

them
I
know
all
not
you
know
O scorcher of foes

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Explication

Krishna answers by speaking of many past lives, both his and Arjuna's. The difference between them is not that one has been born and the other not, but that Krishna remembers all his births while Arjuna does not. This draws on the idea of rebirth taught in the second chapter. It also marks a distinction between Krishna and ordinary beings: his knowledge is unbroken across lifetimes. The verse sets up the explanation in the following verses of how and why Krishna takes birth.