# Prakṛti [[bg/2/39|Bg. 2.39]] (1), [[bg/7/4|Bg. 7.4]], [[bg/15/1|Bg. 15.1]], [[sb/4/28/55-55#purport|SB 4.28.55-55]], [[sb/4/28/58#purport|SB 4.28.58]], [[sb/4/31/13#purport|SB 4.31.13]] * & detailed, [[sb/3/25/11#purport|SB 3.25.11]] * as *Gītā’s *subject, 7, 8–9 * as dependent on Kṛṣṇa, [[sb/6/9/26-27#purport|SB 6.9.26-27]], [[sb/6/12/11#purport|SB 6.12.11]] * as eternal but temporary, 8–9, 10 * as female, 8 * as material energy of Lord, [[sb/6/9/26-27#purport|SB 6.9.26-27]], [[sb/6/9/26-27#purport|SB 6.9.26-27]] * as supernatural, [[sb/3/3/23#purport|SB 3.3.23]] * compared to wife, 8 * compared with pradhāna, [[sb/3/26/10#purport|SB 3.26.10]] * controlled by Lord, 8 * defined, [[sb/3/20/12#purport|SB 3.20.12]], [[sb/3/20/13#purport|SB 3.20.13]], [[sb/3/26/10#purport|SB 3.26.10]], [[sb/4/8/78#purport|SB 4.8.78]], [[sb/4/21/27#purport|SB 4.21.27]], [[sb/6/9/26-27#purport|SB 6.9.26-27]], [[sb/8/3/13#purport|SB 8.3.13]], [[sb/8/12/40#purport|SB 8.12.40]], [[sb/9/10/16#purport|SB 9.10.16]], [[sb/9/15/26#purport|SB 9.15.26]] * defined, 7, 8, [[bg/4/6|Bg. 4.6]] * directs living entities, [[sb/6/15/6#purport|SB 6.15.6]] * Kṛṣṇa’s, [[bg/4/6|Bg. 4.6]] * living entities as, [[sb/3/25/11#purport|SB 3.25.11]] * living entities as, 8 * Lord above, [[sb/7/1/7#purport|SB 7.1.7]] * Lord master of, [[sb/4/8/78#purport|SB 4.8.78]] * manifestation of, as temporary, 9 * nature as, [[bg/13/1|Bg. 13.1]], [[bg/13/3|Bg. 13.3]], [[sb/3/25/11#purport|SB 3.25.11]] * superior & inferior, 8, 9 *See also:* Elements; material; Energies of Supreme Lord; Material nature; Māyā; Modes of nature *See:* Material nature