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अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्। जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।

apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 7, Verse 5
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very life-element, by which this world is upheld.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: besides this lower nature, know Krishna's higher nature, the life-force by which this entire universe is sustained, distinguishing between the visible material components and the animating force underneath them.

In life: two people or organizations can have identical visible components, structure, resources, people, and still differ enormously in the underlying energy actually animating them.

Teaching: when evaluating why something is thriving or struggling, look past the visible components to the underlying energy or intention actually driving it.

aparāinferior
iyamthis
itaḥbesides this
tubut
anyāmanother
prakṛitimenergy
viddhiknow
memy
parāmsuperior
jīva-bhūtāmliving beings
mahā-bāhomighty-armed one
yayāby whom
idamthis
dhāryatethe basis
jagatthe material world

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
7.5 अपरा lower? इयम् this? इतः from this? तु but? अन्याम् different? प्रकृतिम् nature? विद्धि know? मे My? पराम् higher? जीवभूताम् the very lifeelement? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? यया by which? इदम् this? धार्यते is upheld? जगत् world.Commentary The eightfold Nature described in the previous verse is the inferior Nature. It constitutes the Kshetra or the field or matter. It is impure. It generates evil and causes bondage. But the superior Nature is pure. It is My very Self? Kshetrajna (knower of the field or Spirit) by which life is sustained? and that which enters within the whole world and upholds it. It is the very lifeelement or the principle of Selfconsciousness? by which this universe is sustained.