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
Gam avishya ca bhutani dharayamy aham ojasa, pushnam caushadhih sarvah somo bhutva rasatmakah
Entering the earth, I sustain all beings with My energy. Becoming the moon, I nourish all plants with the juice of life. Krishna declares that He is the sustaining force within the earth and the moon — the very vitality that feeds plants and supports all living creatures — revealing the immanent divine presence in nature.
- •The Supreme Lord sustains all living beings by entering the earth as its holding energy
- •The nourishing quality of the moon and plant life is a direct expression of divine grace
- •God is the hidden sustaining force within all natural phenomena