Chapter 7, Verse 5
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्। जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।
aparéyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām। jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat।।7.5।।
Word by word
- अपरा
- lower/inferior (this nature)
- इयम्
- this
- इतः
- from this / besides this
- तु
- but
- अन्याम्
- another (nature)
- प्रकृतिम्
- nature
- विद्धि
- know (imperative)
- मे
- my
- पराम्
- higher/supreme
- जीवभूताम्
- which has become the individual soul/life-principle
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one (Arjuna)
- यया
- by which
- इदम्
- this
- धार्यते
- is sustained/upheld
- जगत्
- the world/universe
Commentary
5. This is the inferior (Praknti); but as distinct from this know thou My superior Praknti, the very life, O mighty-armed, by which this universe is upheld.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अपरा
इयम्
इतः
तु
अन्याम्
प्रकृतिम्
विद्धि
मे
पराम्
जीवभूताम्
महाबाहो
यया
इदम्
धार्यते
जगत्
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