Verse
श्रीभगवानुवाच:बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परंतप ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca:bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjunatānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha paraṃtapa
The Blessed Lord said: Many are my lives that are past, and thine also, O Arjuna; all of them I know, but thou knowest not, O scourge of the foe.
Gītā 4·5