Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 5
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 7 श्लोक 5

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 7.5)
।।7.4  7.5।।(टिप्पणी प0 396) पृथ्वी जल तेज वायु आकाश  ये पञ्चमहाभूत और मन बुद्धि तथा अहंकार  यह आठ प्रकारके भेदोंवाली मेरी अपरा प्रकृति है। हे महाबाहो इस अपरा प्रकृतिसे भिन्न मेरी जीवरूपा परा प्रकृतिको जान जिसके द्वारा यह जगत् धारण किया जाता है।


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
7.5 O mighty-armed one, iyam, this; is apara, the inferior (Prakrti)-not the higher, (but)-the impure, the source of evil and having the nature of worldly bondage. Viddhi, know; anyam, the other, pure; prakrtim, Prakrti; me, of Mine, which is essentially Myself; which, tu, however;is param, higher, more exalted; itah, than this (Prakrti) already spoken of; Jiva-bhutam, which has taken the form of the individual souls, which is characterized as the Knower of the body (field), and which is the cause of sustenance of life; and yaya, by which Prakriti; idam, this; jagat, world; dharyate, is upheld, by permeating it.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.4-5 Bhumih  etc.  Apard  etc.  [The demonstrative]  this denotes  what is being perceived  [as objects] through  sense-organs by all men at the stage of mundane life.  This is only one and at the same time is divided eigth-fold.   Therefore the universe is one and unitary, because it is made of one single material cause.  By  this statement, monism is demonstrated even while following  the Prakrti theory.  The selfsame  Prakrti has become the living one i.e., the personal Soul.  Hence it is superior  [to what has  become eight-fold].  It also belongs to Me alone and  not to anybody else.  This  Prakrti is  [thus]  two-fold and varied in the form of the universe consisting of the  knowables and the knower.  That is  why this  Prakrti  (the basic  material  nature),  being the substratum of all beings reflected on the surface of the clean mirror, viz., the Self , is nothing but Selfs own nature and [hence]  never leaves Him.  This world :  the Earth etc.  [mentioned in the  4th verse].


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
7.5 This is My lower Prakrti. But know My higher Prakrti which is different from this, i.e., whose nature is different from this inanimate Prakrti constituting the objects of enjoyment to animate beings. It is higher, i.e., is more pre-eminent compared to the lower Prakrti which is constituted only of inanimate substances. This higher Nature of Mine is the individual self. Know this as My higher Prakrti through which the whole inanimate universe is sustained.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 7.5Apareyamitastwanyaam prakritim viddhi me paraam;
Jeevabhootaam mahaabaaho yayedam dhaaryate jagat.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 7.5aparā—inferior; iyam—this; itaḥ—besides this; tu—but; anyām—another; prakṛitim—energy; viddhi—know; me—my; parām—superior; jīva-bhūtām—living beings; mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one; yayā—by whom; idam—this; dhāryate—the basis; jagat—the material world