अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् | जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
apareyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām . jīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat
大力臂者啊，这是低级原质。但你要知晓我的另一种原质，它比这更高，以个体灵魂（Jiva）的形式存在，并由此支撑着整个世界。
O mighty-armed one, this is the inferior (Prakrti). Know the other Prakrti of Mine which, however, is higher than this, which has taken the from of individual souls, and by which this world is uphelp.
前一节描述的八种原质是低级原质。它构成了领域（Kshetra）或物质，是不纯净的，会产生邪恶并导致束缚。而高级原质则是纯净的，是我的本体（Kshetrajna，即领域的知者或精神），生命由此得以维系，它进入整个世界并支撑着它。它是生命元素或自我意识的原则，宇宙由此得以维持。
The eightfold Nature described in the previous verse is the inferior Nature. It constitutes the Kshetra or the field or matter. It is impure. It generates evil and causes bondage. But the superior Nature is pure. It is My very Self? Kshetrajna (knower of the field or Spirit) by which life is sustained? and that which enters within the whole world and upholds it. It is the very lifeelement or the principle of Selfconsciousness? by which this universe is sustained.