Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.5
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.5 · 7 · Verse 5
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।।7.5।।अपराऽनुत्तमा। वक्ष्यमाणामपेक्ष्य जीवभूता श्रीः जीवानां प्राणधारिणी चिद्रूपभूता सर्वदा सती एतन्महइदं महद्भूतम् बृ.उ.2।4।12 इति श्रुतेः। जगाद चप्रकृती द्वे तु देवस्य जडा चैवाजडा तथा। अव्यक्ताख्या जडा सा च सृष्ट्या भिन्नाष्टधा पुनः। महान्बुद्धिर्मनश्चैव पञ्चभूतानि चेति ह। अवरा सा जडा श्रीश्च परेयं धार्यते तथा। चिद्रूपा सा त्वनन्ता च अनादिनिधना परा। यत्समं तु प्रियं किञ्चिन्नास्ति विष्णोर्महात्मनः। नारायणस्य महिषी माता सा ब्रह्मणोऽपि हि। ताभ्यामिदं जगत्सर्वं हरिः सुज्ञति भूतराड्। इति नारदीये।
The lower is ‘anuttama’ (not supreme). Regarding what is to be declared: the glorious Shakti, having become jiva, the bearer of prana, of the form of consciousness, ever existent—this great principle (mahattattva) is described in the Shruti (Brihadaranyaka). From the Lord two natures arose: insentient and sentient. The insentient called avyakta is divided eightfold through creation. There are great intelligence, mind, and the five elements. The lower is insentient; the higher Shakti is held to be supreme. She is of the form of consciousness, infinite, beginningless, supreme. That which is entirely dear does not belong to anyone other than the great Vishnu. The queen of Narayana, the mother of creatures, is even the Brahman. From those two the whole world is known by Hari, in the Naradiya text.