अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् |\nजीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ||७-५||
apareyamitastvanyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām .\njīvabhūtāṃ mahābāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||7-5||
Such is My inferior energy. But beyond it, O mighty-armed Arjun, I have a superior energy. This is the jīva śhakti (the soul energy), which comprises the embodied souls who are the basis of life in this world.