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Chapter 4, Verse 5

श्री भगवानुवाच बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन। तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।

śrī bhagavānuvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna. tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa.4.5.

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श्री भगवानुवाच (śrī bhagavān uvāca)
The Blessed Lord said
बहूनि (bahūni)
many
मे (me)
my
व्यतीतानि (vyatītāni)
have passed / elapsed
जन्मानि (janmāni)
births
तव (tava)
your
च (ca)
and
अर्जुन (arjuna)
O Arjuna
तानि (tāni)
those (births)
अहम् (aham)
I
वेद (veda)
know
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi)
all
न (na)
not
त्वम् (tvam)
you
वेत्थ (vettha)
know
परन्तप (parantapa)
O scorcher of foes (epithet of Arjuna)

Commentary

5. Many births of Mine have passed, as well as of thine, O Arjuna ; *ali these I know, thou know- es not, O harasser of foes.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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श्री भगवानुवाच (śrī bhagavān uvāca)
बहूनि (bahūni)
मे (me)
व्यतीतानि (vyatītāni)
जन्मानि (janmāni)
तव (tava)
च (ca)
अर्जुन (arjuna)
तानि (tāni)
अहम् (aham)
वेद (veda)
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi)
न (na)
त्वम् (tvam)
वेत्थ (vettha)
परन्तप (parantapa)

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