7.5 And a higher nature Krishna speaks
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
That is the lower. Know that I have another and higher nature, mighty-armed one: the living, by which this world is upheld.
Explanation
And a higher nature, named in one word.
jīva-bhūtā — the living, by which this world is upheld.
Eight components were needed for the lower and one clause suffices here. The asymmetry is the method: what can be enumerated is by that fact the lower of the two, which is why 12.3's eight words for the formless were all negations.
Word by word
- aparā
- inferior
- iyam
- this
- itaḥ
- besides this
- tu
- but
- anyām
- another
- prakṛitim
- energy
- viddhi
- know
- me
- my
- parām
- superior
- jīva-bhūtām
- living beings
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed one
- yayā
- by whom
- idam
- this
- dhāryate
- the basis
- jagat
- the material world
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