# Cc. Madhya 6.165 ## Text > apareyam itas tv anyāṁ > prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām > jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho > yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat ## Synonyms *aparā*—inferior; *iyam*—this; *itaḥ*—from this; *tu*—but; *anyām*—another; *prakṛtim*—nature; *viddhi*—know; *me*—My; *parām*—transcendental; *jīva*-*bhūtām*—existing as the living entities; *mahā*-*bāho*—O mighty-armed one; *yayā*—by which; *idam*—this; *dhāryate*—is sustained; *jagat*—material world. ## Translation **“ 'Besides these inferior energies, which are material, there is another energy, a spiritual energy, and this is the living being, O mighty-armed one. The entire material world is sustained by the living entities.'** ## Purport Verses 164 and 165 are quotations from the *Bhagavad-gītā* (7.4-5).