Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 4.5 of the Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha-Dipika), the English translation of 13th-century Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita.—The Dnyaneshwari (Jnaneshwari) brings to light the deeper meaning of the Gita which represents the essence of the Vedic Religion. This is verse 5 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.
Verse 4.5
Verse 4.5: The exalted-one spake: “Many are the births, mine as also thine, O Arjuna, that have gone by. All of them I know; but thou knowest them not, O Foe-tormentor! (41)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Then Lord Srikrishna said, “O Partha, you seem to doubt, that I did exist when Vivasvat lived. You are thus ignorant—and fail to realise the fact that, you and I, have passed through many births. I do fully recollect whatever incarnations I assumed as occasions required.