Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realisation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 7.5

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्

apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat

Recitation · Text 7.5
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Besides that lower one, know My higher nature — the living being, by which this world is sustained. The distinction is not between spirit and matter as rival substances but between what is held up and what does the holding.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The distinction is between what is held up and what does the holding.