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TEXT 5

TEXT 5

Devanagari

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥ ५ ॥

Text

Tekst

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni
janmāni tava cārjuna
tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi
na tvaṁ vettha paran-tapa
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni
janmāni tava cārjuna
tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi
na tvaṁ vettha paran-tapa

Synonyms

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Personality of Godhead said; bahūni — many; me — of Mine; vyatītāni — have passed; janmāni — births; tava — of yours; ca — and also; arjuna — O Arjuna; tāni — those; aham — I; veda — do know; sarvāṇi — all; na — not; tvam — you; vettha — know; param-tapa — O subduer of the enemy.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Guddommens Personlighed sagde; bahūni — mange; me — af Mine; vyatītāni — er forløbet; janmāni — fødsler; tava — af dine; ca — og også; arjuna — O Arjuna; tāni — dem; aham — Jeg; veda — kender; sarvāṇi — alle; na — ikke; tvam — du; vettha — kender; param-tapa — O du fjendens undertrykker.

Translation

Translation

The Personality of Godhead said: Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy!

Guddommens Personlighed sagde: Både du og Jeg har gennemgået mange, mange liv. Jeg kan huske dem alle, men det kan du ikke, O du fjendens betvinger!

Purport

Purport

In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.33) we have information of many, many incarnations of the Lord. It is stated there:

FORKLARING: I Brahma-saṁhitā (5.33) hører vi om Herrens mange, mange inkarnationer. Der står der skrevet:

advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam
ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca
vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam
ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca
vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], who is the original person – absolute, infallible, without beginning. Although expanded into unlimited forms, He is still the same original, the oldest, and the person always appearing as a fresh youth. Such eternal, blissful, all-knowing forms of the Lord are usually not understood by even the best Vedic scholars, but they are always manifest to pure, unalloyed devotees.”

“Jeg tilbeder Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], den oprindelige person, der er absolut, ufejlbarlig og uden begyndelse. Skønt Han ekspanderer Sig i ubegrænsede former, er Han stadig den samme oprindelige, den ældste og den person, der altid fremstår som en frisk yngling. Sådanne evige, lyksalige, alvidende former af Herren kan normalt ikke forstås af selv de bedste vediske lærde, men de er altid manifesterede for rene uforfalskede hengivne.”

It is also stated in Brahma-saṁhitā (5.39):

Der står videre i Brahma-saṁhitā (5.39):

rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan
nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu
kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan
nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu
kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], who is always situated in various incarnations such as Rāma, Nṛsiṁha and many subincarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Kṛṣṇa, and who incarnates personally also.”

“Jeg tilbeder Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], der altid eksisterer i forskellige inkarnationer som Rāma og Nṛsiṁha sammen med mange andre underinkarnationer, men som er Guddommens Oprindelige Personlighed, der hedder Kṛṣṇa, og som også inkarnerer personligt.”

In the Vedas also it is said that the Lord, although one without a second, manifests Himself in innumerable forms. He is like the vaidūrya stone, which changes color yet still remains one. All those multiforms are understood by the pure, unalloyed devotees, but not by a simple study of the Vedas (vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau). Devotees like Arjuna are constant companions of the Lord, and whenever the Lord incarnates, the associate devotees also incarnate in order to serve the Lord in different capacities. Arjuna is one of these devotees, and in this verse it is understood that some millions of years ago when Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke the Bhagavad-gītā to the sun-god Vivasvān, Arjuna, in a different capacity, was also present. But the difference between the Lord and Arjuna is that the Lord remembered the incident whereas Arjuna could not remember. That is the difference between the part-and-parcel living entity and the Supreme Lord. Although Arjuna is addressed herein as the mighty hero who could subdue the enemies, he is unable to recall what had happened in his various past births. Therefore, a living entity, however great he may be in the material estimation, can never equal the Supreme Lord. Anyone who is a constant companion of the Lord is certainly a liberated person, but he cannot be equal to the Lord. The Lord is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā as infallible (acyuta), which means that He never forgets Himself, even though He is in material contact. Therefore, the Lord and the living entity can never be equal in all respects, even if the living entity is as liberated as Arjuna. Although Arjuna is a devotee of the Lord, he sometimes forgets the nature of the Lord, but by the divine grace a devotee can at once understand the infallible condition of the Lord, whereas a nondevotee or a demon cannot understand this transcendental nature. Consequently these descriptions in the Gītā cannot be understood by demonic brains. Kṛṣṇa remembered acts which were performed by Him millions of years before, but Arjuna could not, despite the fact that both Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are eternal in nature. We may also note herein that a living entity forgets everything due to his change of body, but the Lord remembers because He does not change His sac-cid-ānanda body. He is advaita, which means there is no distinction between His body and Himself. Everything in relation to Him is spirit – whereas the conditioned soul is different from his material body. And because the Lord’s body and self are identical, His position is always different from that of the ordinary living entity, even when He descends to the material platform. The demons cannot adjust themselves to this transcendental nature of the Lord, which the Lord Himself explains in the following verse.

Der står også i Vedaerne, at selv om Herren er én og uden lige, manifesterer Han Sig i utallige former. Han er som vaidūrya-stenen, der skifter farve, men alligevel forbliver den samme. Alle disse forskellige former kan forstås af de rene uforfalskede hengivne, men ikke ved blot at studere Vedaerne (vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma- bhaktau). Hengivne som Arjuna er Herrens konstante ledsagere, og når som helst Herren inkarnerer Sig, inkarnerer Hans ledsagerhengivne sig også for at tjene Ham i forskellige egenskaber. Arjuna er en af disse hengivne, og af dette vers fremgår det, at for nogle millioner år siden, da Herren Kṛṣṇa talte Bhagavad-gītā til solguden Vivasvān, var Arjuna der også i en anden egenskab. Men forskellen på Herren og Arjuna er, at Herren kunne huske hændelsen, imens Arjuna ikke kunne huske den. Det er forskellen på det levende væsen, der er en uadskillelig del af Herren, og den Højeste Herre. Skønt Arjuna her tiltales som den store helt, der kan kue sine fjender, kan han ikke erindre, hvad der skete i hans tidligere liv. Et levende væsen kan derfor aldrig måle sig med den Højeste Herre, uanset hvor stor man rent materielt anses for at være. Enhver, der er Herrens konstante ledsager, er med sikkerhed en befriet person, men han kan aldrig være Herrens lige. Herren bliver beskrevet i Brahma-saṁhitā som ufejlbarlig (acyuta), hvilket betyder, at Han aldrig glemmer, hvem Han er, selv om Han er i kontakt med materie. Herren og det levende væsen kan således aldrig være jævnbyrdige i enhver henseende, selv ikke når det levende væsen er lige så befriet som Arjuna. Skønt Arjuna er en hengiven af Herren, glemmer han sommetider Herrens natur, men gennem den guddommelige nåde kan en hengiven med det samme forstå Herrens ufejlbarlige position, imens en ikke-hengiven eller en dæmon ikke kan forstå denne transcendentale natur. Som følge deraf kan dæmoniske hjerner ikke forstå disse beskrivelser i Bhagavad- gītā. Kṛṣṇa huskede ting, Han havde gjort millioner af år tidligere, men det kunne Arjuna ikke på trods af, at både Kṛṣṇa og Arjuna er evige af natur. Her er det også værd at bemærke, at et levende væsen glemmer alt, når han skifter krop, men Herren husker alt, fordi Han aldrig udskifter Sin sac-cid-ānanda krop. Han er advaita, som betyder, at der ingen forskel er på Hans krop og Ham Selv. Alt i forbindelse med Ham er ånd, hvorimod den betingede sjæl er forskellig fra sin materielle krop. Eftersom Herrens krop og Han Selv er identiske, er Hans position altid forskellig fra det almindelige levende væsens, selv når Han stiger ned til det materielle plan. Dæmonerne kan ikke forlige sig med denne Herrens transcendentale natur, som Herren Selv forklarer i følgende vers.