अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् | जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ||७-५||
apareyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām . jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||7-5||
Chapter 7 · Verse 5
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
In plain words
The eightfold Nature described in the previous verse is the inferior Nature. It constitutes the Kshetra or the field or matter. It is impure.
Translation
7.5 This is My lower Prakrti. But, O mighty-armed One, know that My higher nature is another. It is the life-principle (Jiva-bhuta), by which this universe is sustained.
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.
Word by word
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.