6.165

apareyam itas tv anyam

prakrtim viddhi me param

jiva-bhutam maha-baho

yayedam dharyate jagat

SYNONYMS

apara—inferior; iyam—this; itah—from this; tu—but; anyam—another; prakrtim—nature; viddhi—know; me—My; param—transcendental; jiva-bhutam—existing as the living entities; maha-baho—O mighty-armed one; yaya—by which; idam—this; dharyate—is sustained; jagat—material world " ’Besides these inferior energies, which are material, there is another energy, a spiritual energy, and this is the living being, O mighty-armed one.

The entire material world is sustained by the living entities.’

PURPORT

Verses 164 and 165 are quotations from the Bhagavad-gita (7.4-5).