अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् ।जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥
apareyam itas tv anyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām |jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||
- अपरा · aparā
- lower
- इयम् · iyam
- this
- अन्याम् · anyām
- other
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- पराम् · parām
- higher
- जीवभूताम् · jīvabhūtām
- become the living beings
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one
- धार्यते · dhāryate
- is upheld
“This is the lower; but know my other, higher nature — become the living beings, O mighty-armed one — by which this world is upheld.”
— Original plain-language translation
Beyond the eightfold field stands the life-principle that sustains it. Conscious beings are Krishna's higher nature, not strangers to him. Two natures, one owner, frames 7.6.
— Reader's notes (original)