BG 4.5
श्रीभगवानुवाच
बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥
बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna
tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna
tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān replied; arjuna — O Arjuna; bahūni — many; janmāni — births; me — of Mine; ca — and; tava — of yours; vyatītāni — have passed; aham — I; veda — know; tāni — them; sarvāṇi — all; tvam — [but] you; na vettha — do not know them; param-tapa — O scorcher of the enemy.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān replied: O Arjuna, you and I have passed through many births. I know them all, but you do not know them, O scorcher of enemies.