Bhagavad Gita 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥
apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me
parām jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
Sanskrit recitation
The divine inside ordinary nature · 7.1–7.14 · Teaching
Translation
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.
Hindi translation
।।7.4 -- 7.5।। पृथ्वी, जल, तेज, वायु, आकाश -- ये पञ्चमहाभूत और मन, बुद्धि तथा अहंकार -- यह आठ प्रकारके भेदोंवाली मेरी अपरा प्रकृति है। हे महाबाहो ! इस 'अपरा' प्रकृतिसे भिन्न मेरी जीवरूपा बनी हुुई मेरी 'परा' प्रकृतिको जान, जिसके द्वारा यह जगत् धारण किया जाता है।
Meaning
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.
After Swami Sivananda
The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 7.1The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with…
- 7.2I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing…
- 7.3Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those…
- 7.4Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided…
7.5O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher…
- 7.6Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of…
- 7.7There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems…
- 7.8I am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the…
- 7.9I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all…
- 7.10Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the…
- 7.11Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am…
- 7.12Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed…
- 7.13Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does…
- 7.14Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to…
Word-by-word→
- me
- my
- tu
- but
- idam
- this
- iyam
- this
- jagat
- the material world
- yayā
- by whom
- anyām
- another
- aparā
- inferior
- itaḥ
- besides this
- parām
- superior
- viddhi
- know
- dhāryate
- the basis
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed one
- prakṛitim
- energy
- jīva-bhūtām
- living beings
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