अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् |
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ||७-५||
apareyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām . jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||7-5||
।।7.5।। हे महाबाहो ! यह अपरा प्रकृति है। इससे भिन्न मेरी जीवरूपी पराप्रकृति को जानो, जिससे यह जगत् धारण किया जाता है।।
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
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।7.5।।यह ( उपर्युक्त ) मेरी अपरा प्रकृति है अर्थात् परा नहीं किंतु निकृष्ट है अशुद्ध है और अनर्थ करनेवाली है एवं संसारबन्धनरूपा है। और हे महाबाहो इस उपर्युक्त प्रकृतिमें दूसरी जीवरूपा अर्थात् प्राणधारणकी निमित्त बनी हुई जो क्षेत्रज्ञरूपा प्रकृति है अन्तरमें प्रवृष्ट हुई जिस प्रकृतिद्वारा यह समस्त जगत् धारण किया जाता है उसको तू मेरी परा प्रकृति जान अर्थात् उसे मेरी आत्मरूपा उत्तम और शुद्ध प्रकृति जान।
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7.5 O mighty-armed one, this is the inferior (Prakrti). Know the other Prakrti of Mine which, however, is higher than this, which has taken the from of individual souls, and by which this world is uphelp.
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