Chapter 7, Verse 5
Part of 7: Jñāna Vijñāna Yog — ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगअपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्। जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्॥
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apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
ఓ మహాబాహువగు అర్జునా, ఇది అపరా ప్రకృతి; దీనికంటే భిన్నమైన నా ఉన్నతమైన ప్రకృతిని, ఈ జగత్తును ధరించే జీవస్వరూపమైన దానిని తెలుసుకో.
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.