Shloka 5
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
अपरेयमितत्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
aparāyam itas tv anyāṁ prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām | jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat ||
Ito ang Aking mababang kalikasan (aparā); ngunit, O makapangyarihang bisig, alamin mo na may isa pa Akong kalikasan na higit kaysa rito—ang kalikasang may-buhay—na siyang nagtataguyod at nagbubuklod sa buong daigdig.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes two levels of nature: the lower, inert material basis and the higher, conscious life-principle (jīva) through which the world is sustained. It frames moral responsibility and spiritual inquiry by pointing beyond matter to the living, conscious dimension that enables agency.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s teaching context, the speaker addresses Arjuna directly, shifting the discussion from the constituents of material existence to the higher principle of life that upholds the cosmos, preparing Arjuna to understand duty and action with a deeper metaphysical grounding.