Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 7, Verse 5
Verse 5
Hard VerseThe Yoga of Knowledge and Realization
Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.
Context & Meaning
Beyond the eight material elements lies the higher energy — consciousness, the jīvas. It is this living energy that animates and sustains all creation. Matter alone is inert; life is a superior expression of the Divine.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainRamanujacharya
VishishtadvaitaThe para (higher) prakṛti is the community of conscious souls — the jīvas. Though finite and conditioned, they are inherently superior to matter because they are sentient fragments of the Divine.