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TEXT 5 apareyam itas tv anyam
SYNONYMS  apara--inferior;
iyam--this; itah--besides this; tu--but; anyam--another;
prakrtim--energy; viddhi--just try to understand; me--My;
param--superior; jiva-bhutam--the living entities; maha-baho--O
mighty-armed one; yaya--by whom; idam--this; dharyate--being
utilized or exploited; jagat--the material world.
TRANSLATION Besides this
inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine,
which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and
are sustaining the universe.
PURPORT Here it is clearly
mentioned that living entities belong to the superior nature (or energy)
of the Supreme Lord. The inferior energy is matter manifested in different
elements, namely earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and
false ego. Both forms of material nature, namely gross (earth, etc.) and
subtle (mind, etc.), are products of the inferior energy. The living entities,
who are exploiting these inferior energies for different purposes, are
the superior energy of the Supreme Lord, and it is due to this energy that
the entire material world functions. The cosmic manifestation has no power
to act unless it is moved by the superior energy, the living entity. Energies
are always controlled by the energetic, and therefore living entities are
always controlled by the Lord--they have no independent existence. They
are never equally powerful, as unintelligent men think. The distinction
between the living entities and the Lord is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam
as follows (10.87.30):
aparimita dhruvas tanu-bhrto yadi sarva-gatas
"O Supreme Eternal!
If the embodied living entities were eternal and all-pervading like You,
then they would not be under Your control. But if the living entities are
accepted as minute energies of Your Lordship, then they are at once subject
to Your supreme control. Therefore real liberation entails surrender by
the living entities to Your control, and that surrender will make them
happy. In that constitutional position only can they be controllers. Therefore,
men with limited knowledge who advocate the monistic theory that God and
the living entities are equal in all respects are actually misleading themselves
and others."
The Supreme
Lord Krsna is the only controller, and all living entities are controlled
by Him. These living entities are His superior energy because the quality
of their existence is one and the same with the Supreme, but they are never
equal to the Lord in quantity of power. While exploiting the gross and
subtle inferior energy (matter), the superior energy (the living entity)
forgets his real spiritual mind and intelligence. This forgetfulness is
due to the influence of matter upon the living entity. But when the living
entity becomes free from the influence of the illusory material energy,
he attains the stage called mukti, or liberation. The false ego,
under the influence of material illusion, thinks, "I am matter, and material
acquisitions are mine." His actual position is realized when he is liberated
from all material ideas, including the conception of his becoming one in
all respects with God. Therefore one may conclude that the Gita
confirms the living entity to be only one of the multi-energies of Krsna;
and when this energy is freed from material contamination, it becomes fully
Krsna conscious, or liberated.
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