Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 5

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The Advent & acts of the Incarnation - 4-9

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 5

Andal - Thiruindaloor

Bhagawan  Uvacha

Bahuni me vyatitani janmani tava cha arjuna I

Tani aham veda sarvani na tvam vettha param tapa II sloka 5

भगवन् उवाच 

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मनि तव च अर्जुन ।

तानि अहं वेद  सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परम् तप ।। श्लोक ५ 

The Lord said

Many are the births taken by Me and you, O Arjuna. I know them all while you know not, O Parantapa.

Arjuna is a Jivatman  bound by karma. So he  has no memory of his previous births. But Krishna is an Incarnation of Iswara. He is therefore ever pure, ever free and omniscient. He can call to mind how the Cosmic Intelligence assume a form previously and enlightened Vivasvat.

Incarnations are all the personifications of Iswara. In the ocean of Sat chit ananda a wave rises up in one place at one time and it is called Krishna. 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa