Gopala was glad and He asked him what the doubt was. Arjuna then said, "You said that this Yoga was taught to Surya and to Manu; of what distant past are these two? And to which age do you belong? Did you teach them while in this body? That is unbelievable. For this body is only four or five years older than mine. You are not more aged than that. When did You teach them, without my being aware of it? And the sun? He is greater than You, many times greater. He is there from the very beginning, from a past which is beyond our imagination. I can not believe it; no, not even the most intelligent person can prove it as true. Let it be! You may say, 'This is not the body, this is not the Yuga; it was while I was in another body and during another Yuga'. That makes it still more strange. For how can anyone remember what happened in any previous birth? If you say that it is possible to have the memory, then it must apply to me also, is it not? The Sastras declare that only a few divine beings keep such things in memory; the mortals cannot hold them in remembrance. Well, I may accept that you are divine. But I have to accept that Surya, the sun is also divine. How can two persons equal in Divine status teach and learn from each other? When You teach and he learns, he becomes Your disciple, is it not? You must then be taken to be superior to Surya. Let us take it to be so. I accept that you are the Lord, God Himself. That creates further difficulties for me. For why should God be bound by birth and death and activity? When you assume the five-foot human form, is it not a limitation on the limitless? From that infinite limitless universal why should God incarnate as the limited particular? Howsoever I argue within myself, I cannot solve this doubt. Your words are meaningful for you only; they do not convey any meaning to me. My head is confused; give me some guidance, some convincing reply," prayed Arjuna.

Krishna laughed within Himself, recognising that the appropriate moment had come. He said "Arjuna! what exactly do people mean when they say the sun has risen and the sun has set? It is so far as their vision is concerned; that is all, is it not? The sun does not rise, it does not set. I am also like that; I am not born, nor do I die. Men of ordinary intellect consider that I am born many times and that I do many deeds during each birth. Whenever there is the need for the uplift of the world, I become manifest assuming a name and form, that is all; so I am conscious of all My appearance, all My manifestations. I am almighty, I am Sarvajna. Not only I, even you, know everything. But your Jnanasakthi is overwhelmed by Ajnana. I am Jnana itself and so I know everything. When the sun is seen in a mirror, He does not lose either his status or his glory. He is unaffected: his glory is undiminished. So also I am reflected in Prakriti; and that does not diminish any of my glory or status. I remain as almighty and as Sarvajna as ever. I am birthless, immortal. Humans are born as a result of the merit and demerit of previous births. Perhaps you think that this holds true for Avathars also. No. Yours is Karmajanma; mine is Leelajanma. Prayers of the good are the cause of My Janma. The misdeeds of the wicked are also the cause!"