Apareyam itas tv anyam prakritim viddhi me param, jiva-bhutam maha-baho yayedam dharyate jagat
Beyond this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, know that there exists My superior spiritual energy (para prakriti), which consists of the living beings who sustain this world. Krishna distinguishes His lower material nature from His higher spiritual energy — the conscious living souls.
- •Consciousness is superior to all material elements
- •Living beings belong to God's higher spiritual nature
- •The world is sustained by the interplay of lower and higher prakriti