अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् ।
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ ५ ॥
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ ५ ॥
apareyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām .
jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat .. 5 ..
This is the inferior (Prakṛti); but as distinct from this know thou My superior Prakṛti, the very life, O mighty-armed, by which this universe is upheld.
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This Parkriti is inferior, impure, productive of evil, itself constituting the bondage of samsara; but the superior Prakṛti is pure; it is My very Self, the Kṣetrajña, that by which life is sustained, that which enters within the whole universe and sustains it.