4.5 I know them all; you do not Krishna speaks

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप

bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava chārjuna
tānyahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa

Many births of mine have passed, Arjuna, and of yours. I know them all; you do not.

Explanation

I know them all; you do not.

Many births of mine have passed, and of yours. The asymmetry is stated flatly, with no argument attached.

It is the first time Krishna answers a question about himself rather than about action, and the answer is a difference in memory rather than in kind.

Word by word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha: the Supreme Lord said
bahūni: many
me: of mine
vyatītāni: have passed
janmāni: births
tava: of yours
cha: and
arjuna: Arjun
tāni: them
aham: I
veda: know
sarvāṇi: all
na: not
tvam: you
vettha: know
parantapa: Arjun, the scorcher of foes