In the Brahma-samhita, the Lord is called infallible (acyuta); it means that He does not forget Himself, even when he is in the material world, whereas an ordinary being, in contact with matter, does not remember his past lives. Therefore, the Lord and the individual soul are never equal in all respects, even if the soul is liberated, like Arjuna. Although Arjuna is a devotee of the Lord, he sometimes forgets the position of the Lord. But by the grace of God, a devotee can instantly realize that the Lord is great and infallible, whereas nondevotees, or demons, can not comprehend His divine nature. Therefore, people with a demonic mindset can not understand the meaning of this and other similar verses of Bhagavad-gita. Krsna remembers what He did millions of years ago, and Arjuna does not remember, although by nature they are both eternal beings. It must also be noted that the ordinary being forgets everything that happened to him, because he has to change bodies, but the Lord remembers, because His body, sac-cid-ananda, is eternal and unchanging. He is advaita: there is no difference between His body and Himself. Everything that is somehow connected with Him, has a spiritual nature. But the body of the conditioned soul is material and different from itself. Since the body of the Lord is identical with Himself, even when he descends to the material world, He maintains His position, different from the position of ordinary beings.
