Shloka 5
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
श्रीभगवानुवाच बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन । तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परंतप
śrībhagavān uvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna | tāny ahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa ||
Der erhabene Herr sprach: „Arjuna, Bezwinger der Feinde, viele Geburten sind von Mir und von dir vergangen. Ich kenne sie alle, du aber kennst sie nicht.“
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kṛṣṇa distinguishes divine, continuous knowledge from human limitation: both have had many births, but the Lord remembers them all. This supports faith in the Lord’s authority and introduces the doctrine of divine incarnation and omniscience, grounding ethical action in dharma rather than in the narrow scope of personal memory.
Arjuna has questioned how Kṛṣṇa could have taught ancient wisdom long ago. Kṛṣṇa replies that both have undergone many births, yet He retains full knowledge of them while Arjuna does not—thereby justifying Kṛṣṇa’s role as the timeless teacher in the midst of the Kurukṣetra crisis.