Krishna completely shatters Arjuna's linear timeline. He answers the biological challenge with a metaphysical hammer blow: 'O Arjuna, many, many births (bahūni janmāni) have passed away (vyatītāni) for Me, and also for you (me tava ca).' Both of them have been born countless times. The difference is not in the age of the soul, but in the bandwidth of memory. Krishna declares: 'I know and remember absolutely all of them (tāny ahaṃ veda sarvāṇi), but you do not know or remember them (na tvaṃ vettha), O chastiser of enemies (parantapa).'